"You want to play a card game," Mako asked with a skeptical look on his face and a martini (shaken, not stirred) in his hand. The congregation at the Sato household had settled in the bar space next to the kitchen. Because Asami was rich, and who doesn't want their own bar?

Korra shrugged. "I don't see what the big deal is," she replied. In her hand was a glass of Angry Orchard cider with a shot of Fireball whiskey. Earlier she had proclaimed the drink to be called an "Angry Ball", which earned a round of snickering from everyone. Even Tenzin.

Mako and Tenzin shared a look. "YOU," Mako emphasized with a finger to Korra's shoulder, "want to play a card game."

Wing and Wei, who had just downed a shot of whiskey each, crinkled their noses and nodded. "Yeah," Wing agreed. "That is hiiiiiighly suspect," Wei finished.

Korra shuddered. "Okay, you two need to stop doing that. I didn't invite Eska and Desna for a reason. That twin shit freaks me out."

Suyin, who found herself leaning against the kitchen counter with a bottle of wine and an empty wine glass (for pretenses), pushed off and walked towards the high table the rest of the group were seated at. "They've got a point. We know you Korra. I thought you'd be getting us to play like, something more violent."

"Whack-a-badger-mole," suggested Bolin.

"Pin the Tail on the Real-Life Platypus Bear," Tenzin conjectured.

"Mecha-Suit Rock'em Sock'em Robots," Huan volunteered.

"Push the Seaweed Noodles-" started Opal.

"WE AGREED TO NEVER SPEAK OF THE NOODLE INCIDENT," Mako barked, causing Opal to flinch into Bolin's arm and take a sip of her daiquiri.

"It's not violent," Korra said, hands raised to shoulder-level in self-defense. "But it is a game that I made up."

The group all looked at each other. Wing, Wei, and Huan muttered something about a koi pond bridge and walked off, drinks in hand (well, except Huan. He had some inhuman wheat grass concoction that reminded Bolin of that one time he watched a documentary about gator hunters in the Bayou). The Krew had taken a step back warily, while Tenzin's face blanched.

"Is…" he struggled. "Is there a risk of death?" The airbending kids looked up in response. Death was interesting.

Asami shook her head in the negative, while pouring herself another glass of red wine. "No, no worries. But I will admit, it's a really fun game."

"So you haven't had time to standardize the rules of Pai Sho, but enough time to create your own card game?" Bolin asked.

The woman brushed it off with a motion similar to brushing something off the shoulder. "Pssh, Pai Sho is old hat. This the new shit."

"Is there risk of death?" Mako asked again, no hint of a joke on his face.

The Future Industries CEO - who had made it abundantly clear that this was her job title with the little "Hi! My name is Future Industries CEO" sticker on her jacket - did a double take. "Are you serious? I just told you that a moment ago."

"But why male models?" quipped Korra.

"But seriously," Asami continued before the circlejerk of references could truly begin, "the game is a lot of fun. I've actually decided to start up a dummy corporation and start selling them throughout the United Republic."

Mako, Bolin, and Opal instantly went from hesitant to excited. Tenzin and Su, on the other hand, were less than convinced.

"You're sure Korra made this?" Suyin asked.

"And we won't die?" Tenzin clarified.

The Avatar nodded. "Although," she said, looking at the airbender kids. "The kids would probably be too bored with the game. They'll need to find something else to do." A slow and sly wink dropped onto Korra's face.

"Curse you, vile woman!" Meelo immediately yelled. Ikki, too, got up in a huff. Jinora and Kai were busy reading something on Jinora's tablet.

Asami stood up with a chuckle, grabbing Meelo by the hand and immediately pacifying him. "It's okay. We've got a video game room up on the second floor that I'm SURE you would love."

"Oh! Oh! Do you have Smash Brothers?!" Ikki said excitedly, following Asami out of the room. Kai and Jinora followed quite clumsily, not prying their eyes off the tablet and walking into no less than 2 walls on the way out.

"Video game room?" Tenzin asked. "You mean the entertainment center in the living room?"

Korra gave a lopsided grin. "Nope. Iiiiiit's a video game room. Like literally."

"Oh?" Bolin vocalized.

The woman nodded, her eyes alive with joy. "Yep. We have all the consoles-"

"OOOOH!" Bolin squealed.

"...ten Sato gaming desktops-"

"OOOOOOOOOH!" Bolin squealed again.

"all equipped with the Oculus Rift."

Bolin fell out of his stool (either from squeal percentages reaching critical or the beer he'd been drinking. Maybe both). He quickly recovered and started shifting sneakily in the direction Asami had walked towards. "So um, I just realized, I have to go to the little boy's room…"

"Bo. Sit." Opal gestured.

"But ARAM, Opal! ARAM!" Bolin pleaded.

Opal shook her head, and gestured back at his stool. "We can play League later, you Silver League scrub."

"Anyways," Suyin continued, "you and Sato have me convinced. The game isn't boring at all, is it?"

Korra's grin got wider. "Not by a long shot. And this version of the game, well, I had 'Sami get it printed specifically for us."

"...is that a good thing?" Tenzin questioned, hand gripping his margarita a bit too tightly.

Korra, ducked under the table and grabbed a box at the foot of her stool. "That," she said, coming up with the box of cards, "depends on you."

Tenzin, Su, Mako, Bolin, and Opal all looked at the box. It was unlabeled with a glossy black finish. "So?" they asked, nearly in unison.

As Asami walked back into the room, Korra opened the box. Reaching in, she grabbed one stack of cards and gave another to her girlfriend, who started dealing out cards to everyone. When everything was dealt, Korra sat down, grabbed a card from the undealt pack, the back of the card a glossy black.

"Welcome," she said, with an evil grin on her face, "to Cards Against Humanity."