It's when you think you're being original for once in your life but you're late for the party and looking up your idea got a couple other fanfics, videos, cards and even a Steam mod…Originality in a fandom this large is more difficult than I thought...I didn't look at them so hopefully I bring something new to the table!

This first chapter is more going to be context-building with no card games but hopefully an enjoyable read nevertheless!

One lovely sunny afternoon, Eggman was sitting in his newest evil lair not enjoying the company of his faithful lackeys Orbot and Cubot.

"Aw C'mon boss, just because you lost again like every other time you've faced Sonic so far, doesn't mean you'll lose next time."

"Yeah!" Orbot added, "It just gives you a very high probability of losing!"

"Gah! You mechanical monkeys!" He shouted throwing a wrench at the pair, "You always know the wrong thing to say at the wrong time…"

"Well…" Orbot explained, "There is this card game we play with the other sentient badniks which is full of insults! Nearly every round ends with a busted 'bot or two…"

"Oh really…" Eggman stroked his moustache in thought, a card game which leads to violence, loss of morale and insult matches? He could weaponise this…

"Hmmm… If I tweak this game to suit Sonic and his sidekicks, I'll have them at each other's throats in seconds!"

"Y'know Orbot, the violence might just be because the others don't have a programmed sense of humour."

"Don't tell boss that! He seems so happy with his new plan. I myself am curious to see how this scheme will end…"

Using the internet and his IQ 300 sense of humour, Eggman created what he thought was the perfect weapon; a personalised Cards against Humanity deck just for his nemesis. He was tempted to name it Crimes against Sonic but it might seem too suspicious. He packaged it and left a card saying the deck was from his avid fan base. The blue bottlebrush wouldn't suspect a thing! He then popped it in the post the next day and awaited the carnage it would bring.

A few weeks later… (Eggman really doesn't know how to post something like a normal human being).

Sonic and Tails were having a wonderful vacation on Angel Island. Eggman had been surprisingly quiet lately and they had both flown over to relax and hang out with their reclusive friend who guards a rock for a living.

"Yo Knux! Can you pass me another chilidog?"

"Do I look like your personal servant?"

"Yep! Now chop chop!"

Sonic himself was lazily lounging on some grass near the Master Emerald shrine, cloud gazing alongside his best buddy who was building some contraption.

"Sonic, you know how short-tempered Knuckles can be," Tails warned him, "Purposely riling him up is a bad idea. We are his guests after all."

Sonic then got up and stretched. "Relax lil' bro, he's all bark and no bite! Like one of those Chihuahuas or-"

Knuckles then chose this moment to throw a chilidog at Sonic so hard it got skewered on one of the spines on his head.

"How about like a 'chilli-dog'?" Knuckles inquired with an innocent smile gracing his face.

"Yeah har-de-har-har," Sonic retorted, attempting vainly to remove his snack from his hairstyle. Tails, his ever-loyal and sympathetic best friend just snickered at Sonic then after receiving an indignant look, removed the offending object.

Sonic seemed to appreciate the joke more when he wasn't wearing it. "Well, fast-food for a fast guy, I guess I can't complain."

"I don't remember you asking for extra cheese with that."

"Nah just comes with the package."

Sonic and Knuckles both went and sat near Tails who had been making a small functioning trebuchet from nearby vegetation for the past hour. "I've just adjusted the projectile pouch to release the payload at the highest point of the arm's swing! Time for a test run!" Tails then loaded a fist-sized rock into the pouch, set a firing pin attached to a rope, backed away a little bit before launching the rock. At the same time Amy came out of the foliage and into the firing line.

"Again thank you so much for the ride over-"

"Amy! Watch out!" Tails shouted. Amy looked up in time to see the rock flying towards her, drop the box she was holding, summon her hammer and return it to sender.

Well not really. It just hit Sonic in the head.

"Why me…" Sonic groaned from his newly-acquired position on the ground. Amy rushed over to his aid.

"Oh Sonic my darling are you okay? Do you want me to kiss it better?"

"N-no Amy, I might just lay here until there's only one of you…"

Shadow and Rouge then appeared from the foliage and walked over to the group.

"It's nice to see Faker at my feet where he belongs," Shadow stated.

"What he really means is it's nice to see you guys again," Rouge corrected, smirking at her mission partner.

"Sure."

"Wait a second," Knuckles marched over to the three new arrivals "What brings you lot to my island?"

"Gees, definitely not the hospitality," Rouge then sauntered over to the Echidna and lightly flicked his nose "Lighten up Knuckie, we just came to keep you company. The Master Emerald isn't the only thing that brings me here you know." It was unknown if Knuckles' increased redness was blushing or fuming.

"We are here as Rouge's latest criminal endeavours have inflamed our public relations with Central City enough that the GUN commander has ordered us to lay low until it all blows over," Shadow admitted while sending Rouge an annoyed glare.

"And nothing says 'laying low' like crashing at a friend's place!" Rouge exclaimed as she pulled both Shadow and Knuckles into side hugs. Sonic, finally recovered, stood up and joined the conversation "How'd Amy get here though?"

"I had heard about your holiday to Angel Island and thought Amy might like to come along, she also brought a package which had arrived at your house after you two left."

"Oh yeah I forgot!" Amy quickly retrieved the box from where she'd dropped it earlier and handed it to Sonic. "Special delivery Amy Rose style! Hopefully it wasn't fragile…" Tails peaked over the top of the package,

"Strange, I don't remember ordering anything recently and we do a good job of keeping our address unknown to the general public." He then spotted the attached card and proceeded to read it.

"To Sonic, hero of the people, saviour of many planets and dimensions, blah blah blah,

As a token of our gratitude, we members of the sonic fan club have made you a personalised game to play with your friends. Thank you for all you do,

Your #1 fans."

"There are a number of things wrong with this message," Knuckles asserted, "Like Sonic so doesn't have a fan club."

"Hey!"

"And how would they know he's saved other dimensions?" Shadow pointed out.

"Well-"

"And especially, what type of number one fans wouldn't leave their names on the gift?" Amy added.

"In other words…" Rouge started.

"It's a trap." Knuckles concluded.

Sonic took the words 'trap' as a cue to open said gift.

"Cards against Humanity: Sonic Edition?" He read, turning over the box to examine it. He wasn't usually one for card or board games but this one had caught his interest.

"Oh this will be entertaining…" Rouge assured. A seasoned party-goer such as herself had stumbled across this game plenty of times in the past.

"You've played this Rouge?" Tails asked.

"I have played the normal version. And definitely more times than I'd like to admit. It's pretty simple; everyone gets 10 white cards at the beginning, each of which has a word or phrase on it. Each round one player is the 'card czar', who picks a black card which has a question or fill-the-blank on it. Everyone else plays the white card they think will be funniest, darkest, most truthful, whatever and the czar chooses the white card they thought was funniest and that person wins that round. Rinse and repeat and you guys will have a great time!"

"You're not playing?" Knuckles queried.

"I'll leave this game to you novices; I'll just watch the roast without being in the fire thank you very much."

"I will not subject myself to this nonsense." Shadow had not signed up for chummy bonding games.

"This'll be good for you partner! Wouldn't Maria have wanted you to immerse yourself in Earth's culture? It's just a harmless bit of fun!" Rouge battered her eyelashes at him while leaning on her shoulder. While she had played the Maria card, which was low, she had a valid point.

"Fine…"

"Yeah! You know what they say, the more the merrier!" Sonic chanted.

"Say something like that again, and I'll send you on a high diving adventure off this rock."

As the group sat down at the shrine to play, Sonic chose a position opposite Shadow.

If I get even one reviewer on this fanfic, which card do you think you best answer this?

The next real-world issue to be joked about on the Sonic Boom show is _.

Walking into a glass door.

Rabies.

Spending way too long in the Chao garden.

Basic human decency.

Or submit your own, gotta love me some creativity!