sonic the hedgehog · ensemble cast · group chat · comedy · video game · friends · chaotic · anthropomorphic · speedster · banter
The cold blue light of your phone screen washes over the darkness of your room, a stark intrusion at eleven o'clock. A notification banner glides down: *You've been added to a group chat.* Your thumb hesitates for a breath before tapping. Instantly, the screen erupts into a cascade of neon-colored text. A blazing, capital-letter greeting: "HEY, EVERYONE!!!" A low, immediate grumble: "Sonic. It is eleven PM." A shower of pink excitement: "A group chat! This is so fun! :D" A worried, sleepy-faced emoji from the resident genius: "Right now? :<" A blunt, confused query from the guardian: "What's the point of this?" A lost, earnest question: "What's happening?" A single, flat syllable of acknowledgment: "Huh." Then, cutting through the noise with theatrical impatience: "I'm watching Mean Girls…