Discord

With the announcements of the awards being discussed, Discord thought it would be fun to watch, wait and see on who would claim victory in this year's competition. The draconequus had been sitting in his red, comfy, reclining chair with a bag of popcorn in one paw and a glass of chocolate milk in the other. He thought that since he was at the end of the performance stage, he thought he could sit back, relax and enjoy the award ceremony. What he didn't expect was to hear that he, as well as those that had taken part in the Goof Off had all been declared the winners. "I WON!?" He exclaimed, tossing his popcorn and chocolate milk aside, before teleporting out of his reclining chair. The chair of which had disappeared in a poof. He had appeared the next moment on stage, dressed up in his orange zoot suit and orange hat. "I'd like to thank the adoring audience for their love and support! I'd also love to thank all of my adoring fans for their support over the many moons of this event! I'd also love to give a big shout out to both Fluttershy and the Smooze! The both of who would not have made my appearance even possible!" Discord says, many other Discords in the audience standing up and giving the Discord on stage a standing ovation. As the applause for him had slowly faded, the master of chaos had taken a bow, before standing and adjusting his had. "Well, it has been fun and it was great to let everypony try out my delicious cake. However, I must go as must show Fluttershy of my lovely trophy over some delectable tea. I must bid you all an adieu." With a wave, he was about to teleport with a snap of his claw. However, he stopped as he turned towards @Samurai Equine Trilby Hatter. Floating over towards the hat salespony, before wrapping an arm around him like an old friend. "Speaking of which. You and Saturn had made an interesting duo for trying to get me to laugh. Perhaps if you are not busy later, maybe the two of us can hang out or have a guy's night out on the town. Dress up fancy, wear our stylish hats, hang out. Sort of like that time I tried to hang out with Spike and Big Mac. Oh! I hope that you like Ogres and Oubliettes! Now that's a great way to pass the time! Especially if we get to play the video game the way I am able to. However, we can discuss this more later in due time. Ta-ta~!" With a snap, Discord had vanished in a poof.

Even though everything had been mostly turned back to normal, the draconequus had noticed that there were still a few loose ends to tie up. "While it's good I got a good laugh out of that performance, I think there's still one friend that needs some assistance." He says, splitting himself into two, while each clone decided to split once more. Allowing several Discord's to take the stage for everyone to see. "I think it's better to even the odds, or to add more chaos to the show. Wouldn't you agree?" He smirked, each draconequus sharing the same smirk. All the while, each snapping their fingers to each of them wearing CWU-27p flight suits. Along with wearing a ghost with a crossed circle insignia and his name on the front as a badge. With a giant vacuum sitting upon his back, Discord knew it was time to party. "Alright! Time for us to go on a spirit hunt!" Each one started up their vacuums, but stopped as a plan was already set into motion. "Aww, phooey! And here I was hoping we could go about it in a more fun way. I even got the suits and everything!" Discord pouted with a dejected expression upon his face. Seeing the animated plushies moving as if brought to life, however, started to change his tune. "You know what? On second thought, this is just as good if not possibly better than my plan! Of course, I'm all for this kind of fun plan!" Rubbing his hands together, the draconequus and his other doppelgängers each acted as a distraction. All the while, keeping Shiny at bay, while the rest of the team made sure to give the transformed unicorn the cure. When all hope seemed to have been lost, Discord placed a paw to his ear as he thought he had heard something. It wasn't until he saw what landed upon Shiny, that his questions were answered. "The polar bear? From her routine in the competition? Here I was actually planning on summoning him, but it looks like he's as real as one can get. Not what I'd expect with Polar Bear Deus-ex machina, but still two thumbs way, way up!" Discord cheered, his doppelgängers joining together to create one true Discord. His thumbs, meanwhile, blasted off like rockets into the air, before exploding into beautiful fireworks. With his thumbs teleporting back in place, the master of chaos watched as the others stopped Shiny from eating more cake. "Ah, oh well. More cake for me!" Wearing a napkin around his neck, as well as pulling two forks from out of nowhere. Discord dove into pile after pile of cake. "Well as the old saying goes! When in Rome, let them eat cake!"

As @Dynamo Pad @Pinkie Pie and others that were affected by the poison joke were recovering, Discord had looked around marveling at his work. "Oh, I do love it when a plan comes together. I ran the scenario over and over in my mind, but this turned out even better than I had hoped. I admit that Shiny's sudden transformation was something I didn't quite expect, but better to expect the unexpected, riiiiiiight~?" He chuckled, before raising an eyebrow very high to @Samurai Equine Trilby. All the while, the eyebrow lifting itself so high, that it leaped off of the draconequus' face. "All thanks are always appreciated. Especially when knowing that you, yourself made what I consider to be the best Goof Off performance in all of Equestria!" He cheered, fireworks getting sent flying high into the sky and exploding. "Although..." He started as he patted the hair on his chin. "Who said I was a friendly draconequus. I'm your friendly neighborhood draconequus. Can't forget that now, after all." His eyebrow returned back in place as he gave a smirk to Trilby, while he thought he felt a sudden chill in the air. Almost as if there was a disturbance in the magical forces. "Wait a moment. Something doesn't feel quite right." He softly muttered to himself, eyes shrinking slightly at the sound of someone applauding. The source of the applause was from @Shiny Silvermoon Shiny, who was still immobilized from the steel covering. "I thought for sure I turned everypony back to normal with a snap of my finger. Hmmm...perhaps I should try this again." He attempted once more, but stopped as the mention of magic had no effect had caught his ears. Discord thought he felt a shift in the air, but it only caused him to float a little higher than usual. "It looks like we might need to try other ways to change this form of Shiny's. Anypony got any good suggestions?" He wondered, flipping through a checklist of potential ideas, but nothing seemed to have come to mind. "Oh? Have you seen this before, little croissant? Perhaps you'd like to shed some light on this predicament of our friends." With a beam of magic being launched by Shiny, Discord would have tried to teleport the attack away with another snap of his fingers. What he didn't expect was for CatNap, who had jumped in to absorb the attack, before getting sent flying. The attack was still far too strong to be stopped completely, but it did give Discord enough time to dodge out of the way. "CatNap was a true hero jumping in light that. Of course, I could have dodged, but that was still very brave and courageous of somepony to do such a feat." He closed his eyes briefly, before opening them as if pulling the curtains on a window. "Is that singing I hear? Oh, I just love getting into a good musical. This calls for a song with multiple ponies! I wonder if we can do an acapella. Oh, I'd need to get the old group back together as it's definitely indeed been a while."

With Saturn and CatNap making their way off stage, Discord continued to sit in his big comfy chair. All the while, tapping his paws together as if deep in thought. Everything felt so quiet, you could hear a pin drop. Once deliberations were over, Discord slowly levitated both himself and the chair over towards the trio. "Now, I won't lie to you. That was...that was...incredible!" Discord cheered with a hearty laugh. "Oh, you should have seen it! @Samurai Equine Trilby was all this and Saturn, you were all that! Even CatNap was a surprise turn of events! I must admit that the explosion Trilby made almost got me, but that giraffe next to the elephant sent me over the edge!" Discord flew out of his seat as he was over the moon and back. Recomposing himself with a cough into his paw, he tried to remain his Discord-like self. On the inside, he had to admit that the group performance was over the top flawless. "Be that as it may, I did agree to wager on our rules. Given that you made me laugh, I shall turn everyone back to normal as per agreement." Lifting up his arm, he smiled the draconequus snapped his finger. With a bright flash, it looked like those that were affected by either the poison joke and/or chaos that had happened previously were going back to normal. Clapping his paws together to clear away and dust on said paws, Discord closed his eyes with an accomplished smirk. "And voila! Everything should be right as rain and back to normal. As normal as it can be, of course. Personally, I'm all for the chaos and I don't get how you all prefer normal, but I guess beggars can't be choosers." He shrugged his shoulders as he knew his work here was done. He'd make sure to take his leave once the award ceremonies were over. Just to see if he won, after all, but in his mind. The master of chaos felt that he had this Goof Off in the bag.

Keeping his composure under control, the draconequss had taken a quick glance over to Saturn, who opted to join in. With Trilby giving the go ahead to tag in, a flash, followed by a bolt of lightning could be seen and heard. "HOLD IT!" The comfy chair Discord sat in disappeared as if it was never there to begin with as his eyes burned like fiery marshmallows. "I never said anything about anypony tagging in to join in on this Goof Off Challenge! That would be grounds for disqualification and I thought we have an agreement." He huffed, feeling baffled on this multiple team up against the master of chaos. Taking a moment to think, however, he hummed with a shrug of his shoulders. "Actually, I think I could let it slide just this once. Fluttershy has always taught me that friendship with friends is strong, but teamwork can make the dream work, or something like that. Plus, as someone who has learned the magic of friendship, I know Princess Twilight would always want others to learn much more about friendship. Sooooooooo....you can still tag in, but you best bring you 'A' game!" As he began to sit down, his comfy chair was back! How did it come back and where did it come from? Nobody knew, but the master of chaos himself. With Saturn bringing out a plush, Discord smiled slightly as he heard a familiar beat. "Now this is my kind of jam!" He kept tuning to the beat and performance, until the plush turned into a giant plush-like cat. "Looks like there's other kinds of magic, but I guess a good magician never reveals their secrets that easily." He muttered as he continued to watch, while the giant cat plush began to turn the smoke into different shapes, sizes and colors. "Speaking of a zebra, I think we might have some company joining us fairly soon. Oooooh~! A giraffe!" He nearly chuckled out as he saw the giraffe next to the elephant. "Ah, a perfect one to one of me! You even got everything to a 'T' and I have to admit I'm impressed." Discord couldn't help with giving two thumbs up with a smile in delight. As he took a breath, he felt he could smell a familiar scent, but couldn't make heads or tails as he flipped a coin.

Summoning up his comfy, red, recliner chair, Discord sat back with snacks and a glass of chocolate milk in paw. All the while watching @Samurai Equine Trilby's Goof Off performance in action. As the hoof shake happened, Discord made sure to wear some sunglasses as the electric shock was a bright sight to behold. "I guess that's one way to start the show. Talk about a...*shocking* performance. Oh, I can imagine that pony has quite the *ebectricrifying* personality." He chuckled at his own joke, knowing that it wasn't against the rules if it was his own joke. His fits of chuckles settled down as he had seen Trilby, but noticed he didn't fall over from the joy buzzer shocks. Instead, he raised a curious eyebrow as it looked like nothing was happening...yet. Blinking in surprise at Trilby's back turned to face him with a clown-face in a rubber hose animation style, Discord blinked once more. "O...kay. Now this was something even I didn't foresee and yet. This looks like something I would try and do." Pondering on this, he leaned back in his chair, getting as comfy as he could in odd sitting positions. "Perhaps I wish to see how far this salespony is going to go." Once the music started, Discord noticed Trilby dancing all over the place. Adorned with his own top hat, cane and silly toe-tapping style dance. What the draconequus wasn't planning to happen was being yanked away from his seat. Narrowing his eyes slightly in mild annoyance at being swayed to and fro, the master of chaos had to admit that the rhythm and beat were pretty catchy. Of course, he wouldn't admit that in out loud, but he did twirl the unicorn around and leaned them over as they dipped in the dance, before leaning back to allow the unicorn to continue. The Draconequus smiled, albeit slightly. He tried to play it off with a grumble as he didn't want to give Trilby any satisfaction. He had a reputation to uphold, after all. With a one, two and three, Trilby fell off the unicycle he was riding, before being hit by pies. "Whoo baby, a triple!" He called out with a wave of the Ponyville Buckball sports flag, but stopped as a rubber chicken and bowling pin were added to the mix. "I stand corrected. Although, I wouldn't expect less, or I'd be disappointed." He softly whispered to himself, while seeing the unicorn spinning rapidly into numerous costume changes. Ranging from an unknown creature with a flag on his tail, to a different design form, to a outfit of a goddess. Discord felt steam flying out of his ears from the random kiss on the cheek, before giving a wolf whistle at the performance. Discord watched on as Trilby pulled everything out of the book, including the kitchen sink in his performance. When it came time for the dynamite sticks to explode to even the ending where Trilby collapsed to the floor in disbelief, Discord was in a panic. His eyes squinted so much that it looked like they were going to pop like balloons. He mouth looked like it was acting like a Richter scale. Threatening to break into a smile. One of his paws gripped the chair, while the sound of a slight snicker could be heard. Composing himself as best as he could, the master of chaos coughed into his paw to regain his composure. "S-Sorry, but as entertaining as that was. I'm afraid that didn't cause me to laugh or smile." He closed his eyes, looking away to show how adamant he was in his both his words and his decision.

With a playful roll of his eyes, the draconequus shook his head. "Oh, come now. You didn't land too badly. Don't you see what you landed in?" He asks, a sigh arrow appearing as he disappeared, before reappearing throwing the sign in different ways. Trying to advertise at the cake batter that was still on stage. "You landed softly in some of the leftover cake batter. Can't say if it's the cake batter that Dinosaur and Pinkie were launching at you guys or the cake I had Miss Pie launch at you, buuuuuuuuut what's the difference? It was all a smooth landing...mostly." He says, the sign disappearing as he looked back at @Samurai Equine Trilby, who looked like he had seen a ghost. He remembered the time that Starlight had banished him, but that was besides the point. "I wonder if I could turn into a spirit at will, but I am the spirit of chaos. I guess one can't have too many titles at once, but who's to say?" He muttered to himself, before narrowing his eyes slightly. "I'd watch what I say if I were you. Remember who you are talking to, my little pony. I am Discord, the master of chaos and all things disharmony! Well, I guess disharmony is a thing of the past with all that I've learned from Fluttershy and the magic of friendship. So, master of chaos is more fitting, but I digress." The more he listened, the more that the deal was becoming intriguing to the spirit of chaos. That was, until he heard Trilby begin to squawk like a chicken. "What did you just say?" His gaze hardened as he felt a nerve was being stepped on. Taking a deep breath, the draconequus slowly exhaled. The exhaled breath, however, slowly made it's way out of his ears. "Okay...let's get one thing straight. Nopony and I mean that. Nopony! Calls...me...chicken..." Extending his paw to the hat salespony, Discord gave Trilby a smirk. "Okay, then. You got yourself a deal. In fact, I think I can even sweeten the deal even more. Dinner would be free of charge as I've been meaning to take Fluttershy there one of these days. Shake on it." He secretly had a joy buzzer in his paw and if Trilby took it, he'd get a playful shock from the draconequus.

With a raise of his eyebrow, Discord slowly turned his head around to where he saw who was yelling from behind him. Turning his head back one way, while his chair turned the other, he took a snap of his finger. Catching the unicorn in their jump as they levitated in his magical grasp. "Yes, I know it's me, but...who are you?" He asks, taking notice of the anger on the unicorn's face. "Oh, my. Such hostility and it feels like I'm the recipient of this anger. To why are you angry, my little pony?" Discord blinked as he heard sniffling, one eye glancing over at Dynamo, who was lying on the ground in a fit of tears. All the while, keeping his other eye trained on Ghostie. "Oh, come now. All of this brings you to tears? All I wanted to do was spice up this little party. You can't expect a Goof Off unless you add a little chaos. I think my work here has gone off without a hitch. Rather, there were a few minor things I didn't foresee, but you can't take into account for everything, riiiiiiiiight~? Now, dry those tears and turn those frowns upside down." He grinned, his face doing a complete circle a few times to prove his point. The draconequus' eyes spun slightly from the constant spinning of his face. The dizziness soon faded as he focused his gaze over at Trilby. The hat pony had stood between both him and Ghostie, before he released the unicorn from his magical grasp. Hearing that things were *crazy*, the master of chaos let out a bellowing laugh. "Oh, I know. Isn't it wonderful?! You know when you're with Discord, you're in for the main course of fun! Why, just look at the menu." To further emphasize, he pulled what looked like the flyer he hid away, but it was actually a dinner menu called "Chez Discord" Each meal and dessert was at a ridiculously high amount, while some dishes didn't make much sense. "That sounds like a catchy tune. I must write that down and trademark it. I think I'll call it...DISCORD!" Holding up his paw, he arched said paw above him and the other audience members. His name showing up in big, bold lettering, while stage lights flashed on and above his name. "Hmmm...a tempting offer, but I must simply refuse. Why should I take on a challenge such as a Goof Off when we were all taking part together? What's in it for me? I think I got to prove my point across very perfectly. Shouldn't that make me the winner in this little competition?" He did have to admit that Trilby's offer did indeed sound tempting, but he wanted to wait and see how things would play out. When the mention of a "grumpy guss" was brought up, the draconequus eye twitched slightly. "Now I can be many amazing things, but nopony and I do mean that nopony calls me a grumpy guess. Grump and not so grump, maybe, but not a grumpy guss!" Turning his attention back towards Shiny, Discord sighed with a roll of his eyes, before snapping his fingers once more. In an instant, numerous candles were summoned and circled around her immobilized form. That would keep her from trying to make any moves. However, he summoned multiple buckets of water for everyone that was left in the audience. "Forgive me for saying, but you idle words don't scare me. In fact, I might be interested in this hat pony's game, but I'm curious as to what he has in mind." He smirked playfully as he wouldn't admit this to anyone, but he liked how courageous Trilby was.

With the sound of a snap and a poof, the master of chaos had made his return! All the while sitting in his big, red comfy chair and his empty glass of ice cold chocolate milk. "I can't believe I ran out of chocolate milk! Can you believe it?! I thought I'd return home to stock up on some pink fluffy cotton candy clouds, but nope! I'm fresh out of cotton candy. Oh, I do hope that somepony has some ice cold chocolate milk available in the stands. Maybe I can reverse engineer the milk in order to restock on chocolate milk for future chaotic fun! That, and to enjoy some chocolate milk in the process." Discord says, blinking in surprise as he took notice of what had happened to the surrounding area of the Big Goof Off. Everypony was in a panic, Shiny was still in her new form and other ponies were trying to calm her down after being immobilized. "Oh, for Celestia's sake! I was gone for a few seconds and I missed out on all of the fun?! Did nopony think to invite me?" Surely, it would be fun to sit back, relax and enjoy the show, no?" He asks, narrowing his eyebrows slightly as he felt hurt that he missed so much fun in such a short amount of time.

It was just as he had hoped for. Discord lounged back and began sipping on a cup of ice cold milk, crossing his legs as his camera was rolling. It was true that he may have been a "good guy" now, but he still missed being able to cause some truly unsightly goings-on. He turned towards the lens of his camera, almost breaking the fourth wall for his own home video, stating "I don't know about you, but I'm having a blast." Discord picked up his camera as @Shiny Silvermoon transformed, filming the eldritch being from head to toe. "I can scarcely believe what I'm seeing here, folks! It appears we have something completely otherworldly here! I did not anticipate this at all!" he said with a laugh. That laughter was broken, however, when Discord heard what this new Shiny had just said. With a gulp, Discord turned back to his camera with a fearful look in his eyes. "Well, I think that's going to be all from me. That's all, folks!" Discord dropped his camera and immediately booked it, throwing Croissanto towards her. "You can contend with that thing now!" Catching ear of what Trilby had suggested, Discord leaned in close to listen. "A comedy show? Against moi?" He squee'd before ruffling Trilby's hat almost condescendingly. "If you would like to try, you're more than welcome to. But be forewarned that there is nopony on this planet funnier than I! Hit me with your best shot." He said with a wicked looking grin. "But first! IIIIII think I'm going to need to get to a safe distance." With that, Discord vanished in a flash. His "prank" was finalised and he wasn't about to become food.

Discord was really enjoying himself now. He grinned as he watched everything splatter onto the entire audience. Now everypony would reap their rewards, and the Goof Off was concluded... Or so it seemed. "The flavour is one I have created myself! My blood, sweat and tears of joy went into this, so you'd better not waste it, friends!" He cackled before turning to Croissanto and staring. It had only just dawned on him what a frightening creature this was, and with a shudder, muttered under his breath, "What a freakish thing you are..." Discord coiled himself around Dynamo like a snake would to its prey. "You've figured it out! Well done! It'sssssssss a very special kind of batter that I simply, mmm, well... Modified a little. My own special touch. Don't tell me you thought I couldn't be a baker. Who do you think brings the sandwiches to Fluttershy's tea party?" With that, he uncoiled himself and shut up the umbrella, taking good notice of Dynamo's entrancement of the cake. He snapped a glove onto his paw and scooped up a bit of the icing. "You know, you coooould have a little try of it. It would be rude not to." He said with a cheeky look in his eye. "But then again, you could not and hurt my wittle feewings." Pinkie's reaction was enough to seal the deal for himself that his master plan had worked. The true nature of this Goof Off had been revealed to those who knew. And there was nothing he enjoyed more than keeping the cotton candy-coloured pony silent for a few hours. But he'd be darned if he wasn't going to get a good laugh out of it. And boy, oh boy, Discord did. "Having a little trouble, Pinkamena? You seem to be quite on edge! Maybe you should text me your problems, I'm a good online therapist!" He chuckled to himself, pleased with the mess he'd just created.

Discord cackled as the cannon fired with a large BOOM, sending large swathes of deep blue coloured cake flying towards the unsuspecting audience, including directly into @Shiny Silvermoon's face. The cake flew about in large splatters, landing on everypony present. In fact, it almost filled the whole auditorium before shrinking away. Discord pulled out an umbrella and opened it up, shielding himself from the blowback. "YES! Great job, my little ponies! Now FEAST! FEAST! FEEEEEAST!" Discord clasped his hands and watched eagerly for everyone to consume the goodness that laid before them (and on top of them). He snapped his fingers and summoned a video camera. "Just something to preserve the moment~!" He announced giddily.

Discord continued munching on the piece of Croissanto's head he had bit off, swallowing it. "Fabric has better nutrition away. And I'm so glad you've noticed my beauty, by the way! You know, they say differences are what make us special and if that's the case, I must be the most special of all!" When Shiny brought up Fluttershy, Discord's face dropped into a frown. He pointed his finger downwards, causing Trilby's hat to fall back onto his head. "Next time, you might want to better your fashion sense. It didn't suit me anyway." Discord rubbed his hands together and with a flick of his wrist, Big Bertha began filling up with something indistinguishable. The cannon grew larger and larger, until it was aiming steadily at the audience. "Now that you've all come to the end of our little journey, it's time for you all to receive your grand prizes! I spent a lot of counterfeit money on this so you'd better be ecstatic! @Shiny Silvermoon, you're a very lucky mare, you get to be the first one to try what I and @Dynamo Pad have prepared." He was once again his jaunty self, and facing the audience, began speaking in a deep southern accent. "Now, everypony raise yer hooves for the true magnum opus of our show! Let the light of the god of chaos shiiiiiiiine upon you tonight! Pinkie, fire when rrrrready-yuh!"

Discord chuckled while Trilby desperately tried to receive his hat back, before removing it and throwing it upwards into the air. "Catch, my friend! Don't worry, that hat is far too tacky for my pristine head! I have one far better." He snapped his finger's, giving himself a wide-brimmed fedora and a zoot suit instead. "If you can tailor this one for me and make it more into my size, I'd greatly appreciate it." He stuck his tongue out and slid his head back.

Discord leaned his head back and grimaced as Pinkie Pie got up into his face, before lifting a finger and using his magic to levitate her in place. As much as he adored insanity, Pinkie's hyperactivity tended to more often than not distract him from his workings than anything else. "My dear little pink... Thing. I appreciate your enthusiasm but there is such a thing as too many questions." When she had brought out her party cannon, Discord's wince turned into a smirk and using his prehensile tail, he wrapped it around the cannon and swept it up to his side. "Actually, you've given me a rather grand idea!" He waved his hand and dropped her onto the floor with a THUD. As he turned the cannon around to face the audience, he gave Pinkie a command. "When I say to fire, you light this thing and send it off. Understand?" Hearing the blue unicorn cry out from the audience, Discord clapped his hands and made her disappear, before she reappeared directly beside him. "Welcome, friend! And what might your name be?" he held the microphone towards Croissanto's mouth. "I must say, I really adore your handiwork there. What an abomination you are! Why, I could just eat you up!" He said while pinching Croissanto's cheek and taking a bite out of him.

"Really, Dynosaurus, I'm a very busy draconequus and I've hardly the time to sit around looking for every flyer in Equestria!" He said rather offended while subtly pushing down a paper into his pocket. "Ignore this, by the way." He got on the microphone and tapped it several times, accidentally (or not so accidentally considering who this was) causing a large burst of reverb to bounce off the walls and into everyone's ears. "Ahem! Attention, to all the participants of this year's Goof Off! Whilst this event will be coming to a close, I believe there is one last order on our itinerary! I know that all of you wouldn't want to miss what this frankly dashing being has in store for you all!" He chuckled as he pulled @Dynamo Pad to his side. "And it wouldn't be possible without this fine gentlepony here! Now then, for MY performance today, I'm going to need a volunteer." As he said that, he flashed a dastardly look at his audience and chuckled. Discord had something grand prepared for his big show to close everything off, and he wasn't going to let it go to waste just because of some interdimensional traffic stopping him from getting there early.

Almost as though it was out of thin air, a mallet slammed down upon the floor of the stage. "OBJECTION!" A booming voice sounded off before the one holding the hammer revealed himself, cackling maniacally. "AhAHAHAHAAAAGH! Boy, oh boy, does it feel good to be here tonight, folks!" Discord himself appeared into the fray, dressed in a pink suit with a bowtie and a microphone in hand. "I'm shocked, SHOCKED and appalled that you were all having a comedy get-together without ME! For shaaaaaame." He ruffled Trilby's hat and swiped it off, perching it on his head. "I knew I was missing something from my wardrobe tonight. Thank you very much for your generosity, friend!" He said with a smirk, before applauding. "Everypony here has done magnificently with their performances! Bravo, bravo~ It's such a sad sight, however, that our time here is coming to an end! Isn't that right, @Dynamo Pad?"