Princess Celestia: Stop stalling, Discord! What have you done with the Elements of Harmony?!
Pinkie Pie: Woah. She mad.
Twilight Sparkle: With good reason.
Discord: Ugh, really? Like a broken record, even… "Discord, Elements, Discord, Elements" – LISTEN to yourself! You know what, though, you're within striking distance of a good point. I COULD refuse to give you ANY hint… and let you wander the planet for decades… But I'm fighting back a yawn just thinking about that. If we're ever going to have a proper game, the burden is on me to give you at least a seed to start with. Oh well. Can you blame me for wanting to socialize first?
Princess Celestia: DISCORD. Elements. Location. NOW.
Discord: You see that? I try to be self-aware and reasonable, and she just doubles down. I'm really hurt.
Pinkie Pie: Ohh… She's heard his stand-up routine a bunch of times already…
Twilight Sparkle: If Celestia's decided it's all white noise, then so have I.
There's some reconciliation in my head that needs to be done between "Celestia that has dealt with Discord's impenetrable wall of villainous ego before and is beyond done with it when Round 2 starts" and "Celestia that invites reformed Discord to the Grand Galloping Gala for the lolz."
The Gala really must be that excruciating for her.
No more excruciating than brushing your teeth in the morning is for you as a part of your day. It is one of the events of a year, like the summer sun festival, seeing the hearth's warming thing, etc.
What to do, what to do.
I kn-no that's that's been too many times.
What abo-that wouldn't work here even with my magic.
For once I'm actua-oh perfect.
I'm sure Digo didn't need this box of medical supplies any way.
Good coffee.
You know i was going to turn Pinkie into a mummy, but now I'll give her this coffee instead.
I think that will be enough to break the walls.
'Tia is very protective of her little ponies. She's got zero chill if you come to do bad things to Equestria, so she goes straight to beyond done when her subjects' safety is on the line. But she never actually hated Discord's antics in and of themselves (it would seem); she just hated when it was a threat to her subjects. And she's developed a lot of maturity over her long life about the futility of holding grudges. Thus, once Discord is downgraded from "mad god" to "mostly harmless prankster," she thinks he's pretty funny.
I think Borg pretty much has it there. As an added level to Celestia's impatience, all of that chaos happening across Equestria is potentially hurting her subjects RIGHT NOW. She doesn't have time to listen to a monologue when her subjects are suffering and when irreversible harm might be caused in the chaos at any time.
The Gala really must be that excruciating for her.
Given her age I imagine she's attended every gala that ever happened and got bored with them a long time ago.
Weird thing happened today after mowing my lawn. I found Folgers Crystals coffee in the medicine cabinet. That stuff is just... beyond stale coffee. Ugh.
I like the "seed" comment in the 4th panel. I don't know if it was intentional or not, but it *does* neatly play into the later episode with the chaos vines. Especially if he makes any more gardening comments in this appearance.
The Gala really must be that excruciating for her.