Discord: It's quite lonely encased in stone. But you wouldn't know that, would you? Because I don't turn ponies into stone.
Celestia: ENOUGH!
Rainbow Dash: So… is what's happening what I think is happening, or am I crazy?
Applejack: The DM brought in a whole 'nother roleplayer to be our new Big Bad.
Pinkie Pie: So yes on both counts?
Rarity: Um, pardon me, newcomer! Just as a point of order: Are we going to use this over-the-phone gimmick the whole time, or…? I just have concerns about tech issues interrupting the scene.
Discord GM: I'm starting to think you should've given them at least the slightest heads-up.
DM: Curse my flair for the dramatic.
Discord GM: Very well. To the players around the table: Indulge us for a teensy bit longer. Never fear, we will be getting to know each other personally very soon.
After building up to this for more than half a decade, it's kind of weird to now write dialogue from the perspective of the FiD Mane Six, who have no idea who this is or what is going on. A fresh slate on Discord's intro, who would've thought?
All except for the all-Evil player party. I think everyone tries that at some point. We managed to get six play sessions before everyone in the group took a contract to kill every *other* member of the group. I don't think anyone survived.
Oh boy, tech issues. That takes me back. We had one campaign where a player moved halfway through, but still wanted to be part of the game. This was back near the dawn of time when videoconferencing was nowhere near as stable as it is now. It got to the point where the in-person players would joke about taking bets for when the video feed would cut.
Dang, I'm looking forward to seeing how well Discords plays out.
On an unrelated note I've been rereading the archive and just got to the part about Twilight's problems with her brother. The thought struck me; "maybe Zephyr isn't Fulttershy's brother."
Oh, yes, this is perfect. I can absolutely hear John de Lancie chewing the scenery already.
(And seriously, after hearing him as Alarak? He's /so good/ and has /so much fun/ large-hamming as a villian. It has been concurred that we need to figure out some way for him to be allowed to voice Megatron.)
I love how Discord is already being presented as feeling justified in what he's doing and will do. "I DON'T TURN PONIES TO STONE." Considering that's an entire trope - and a nasty one, "And I must scream" - I can't deny he's got a bit of a point (even if he did bring it on himself by refusing to tone down his "fun" no matter how it hurt those around him. The stone thing didn't just HAPPEN, after all...)