A/N: Thanks for reviews and everything guys, CrazyBlueOwl (nice to know, and it would be crazy if they found someone they knew... though it would defeat the point of this being a challenge), Calefe, Neutrino 2000 (someone had to see it eventually), NightOwl95 (that is one of my favorite lines too), lunarchroniclesandcockatiels, VexyMinion, Ayano's Theory of Relativity (the show is good, but the thing is that isn't rated PG-13 like this so just be warned about that), sweetsons (I was going to have them all talk to guys, because they would probably all choose to talk to guys since it is already embarrassing enough to say these things to boys, but just because you asked, I decided to write Frank talking to a girl).
Now it was Jason's turn to shine.
Jason, after watching both Percy and Leo, had developed a different theory for working on this. He assumed that the main difficulty with Percy and Leo was that they had tried to approach students, and students would have of course probably reacted negatively to seeing someone they had never seen before.
Instead, he thought, it was much better to go to a professor. It would be easy enough, Jason's line of thinking went, to get a professor to say that they had met you before, because, well, they probably had a lot of students to teach, and so wouldn't really take time to notice if one of them went up and said that they'd met before.
He eventually saw someone who looked like a professor… or rather sort of like a homeless person (come on, if you've been to college you know what I'm talking about, I mean, not all professors but at least some of them look like that) and decided that this would be his best shot.
The man had a tattoo of what looked like some sort of alien fish on his cheek, and was talking into a phone until his call apparently ended.
Once it looked like he was free for a while, Jason stepped up and said, "Hey, Professor. Do you remember me?"
The guy looked up, surprised. "Oh, hello. Have I taught you before?"
Frank held up a board that said: The Friendzone: How to Get Out of It.
"Yeah," Jason said. "I remember you from that lecture, The Friendzone: How to Get out of It."
The guy laughed. "I sure don't remember teaching a class like that."
"Uh yeah, you know," Jason said. "Anyway, I'm assuming that you're really busy and all, but-"
"Oh, no," the professor said. "My plane just got cancelled, so I'm free for the next two hours. And it is always refreshing to have some real interaction with my students- you know- you don't get to do much in a classroom."
Jason was inwardly face-palming. He thought that the guy would be super-busy, so he could just say that he knew him once and he'd say 'yes' to get rid of him easily, but this was clearly going to be a long, drawn-out battle.
"I usually do remember all of my students though," the professor said. "Or at least, I try to learn their names and things."
Percy held up a sign that said: Something's Been Bugging Me For a While.
"Something's been bugging me for a while," Jason said.
Frank held up a sign that said: You Said 'Oxymoron' In Class And I Swear You Looked Straight At Me.
"You said oxymoron in class and looked straight at me," Jason said. "What was that about?"
The professor was torn between laughing and wondering if Jason was serious. "Um, you do realize that that isn't an insult, right?"
Jason had to sit there and act surprised as the guy explained to him what 'oxymoron' meant.
"But I still don't seem to remember you," the professor said. "I somehow think that an upstanding young gentlemen as yourself would stand out in class, and I'd at least have an inkling who I was talking to…"
Jason tried hard not to fidget, all he needed was for him to say that he knew Jason, but luck didn't seem to be on his side.
"Aww," Percy said. "The guy thinks that Jason is an upstanding young gentlemen. Isn't that just precious?"
Leo took out a marker and did his best evil grin. "Let's change that, shall we?"
Frank held up a sign that said: You Might Remember Me As the Leader of that Student Protest.
"You might remember me, I was the head of that student protest," Jason said.
"Which one?"
Percy held up a sign that said: Allow Whites in the Military.
Jason nearly cracked up before even saying it. "It was too allow Whites to enter the military."
The professor frowned and was sure something was wrong. "Okay, I get the jokes already, but I'd kind of like having a serious conversation now. Do you play any sports? You look athletic."
Leo held up a sign that said: No, I was Injured During a Match.
"I used to," Jason said. "But then I was injured during a match and I don't anymore."
"What happened?"
Percy held up a sign that said: I Got Tennis Elbow, Swimmer's Ear, and Athlete's Foot From A Game of Chess.
"I got tennis elbow, swimmer's ear, and athlete's foot," Jason said, "all while playing a game of chess."
"How do you get those from chess?"
"Yeah, Jason, how do you?" Leo asked. "Do explain."
"Um, it was a huge game of chess," Jason said. "We were all dressed up as chess pieces on a giant board, kind of like in the Harry Potter movie."
"Clever," Frank commented.
"Huh," the professor said. "I didn't know you kids were doing that kind of stuff. What piece were you?"
Percy held up a sign that said: The Knight's Horse.
"I was the Knight's Horse," Jason said.
"Wait, so there was also someone riding on top of you?" the professor asked.
"Yeah," Jasons said. "I mean, we did stuff by drawing a lottery and I lucked out. Luckily I was the one who made the front part of the horse at least and not the back."
The other three were laughing so hard they couldn't even write something further.
"So, then what happened? How did you get injured?"
"Oh," Jason said. "A fight broke out."
"That explains the tennis elbow, and the athlete's foot, but how did you get swimmer's ear? Isn't that something you get when water enters your ear?"
"Uh," Jason said, pausing for an explanation, "this is kind of hard to believe, but someone else had a can of Coke and was spraying it around as a weapon, and some of it got in my ear."
"You kids these days get into the craziest of things," the professor said. "I really hadn't heard of it though, but I haven't been really catching up with news lately. But then again, have we really met before? Once again, I can't help but think that I would remember you if you were in one of my classes."
Frank had managed to stop laughing for a minute and managed to write another sign: I Accidentally Sent You an E-mail Meant For My Girlfriend.
Jason inwardly shook his head, these guys were not going to be easy on him. "Um, this is slightly embarrassing, but I once accidentally sent you an e-mail that was meant for my girlfriend."
The guy laughed. "I don't think a student has ever sent me something like that."
Percy held up a sign that said: It Had a Whole Lot of R-rated Content
"Uh, well, I don't really want to describe it exactly, but it did have a lot of R-rated content in it."
"No, that doesn't really ring a bell, and I'm sure it would have."
Leo held up a sign that said: There Were Also Certain Photos of Me.
"There were also photos of me," Jason said.
He almost gave up when he saw the next sign.
Percy held it up: I Wasn't Wearing Clothes in Most of Them.
"I wasn't wearing clothes in most of them," Jason admitted, now turning bright red and really straining not to laugh.
"Um, no, it must have been to another professor."
"Oh, yes," Jason said, understanding finally dawning on him. "It was someone else, sorry, but it was quite a deal trying to explain it to him what happened."
"Well, truth be told, I once wrote my mother a rather personal e-mail back in the day," the professor said. "And it wound up with my Calculus professor, and she was very confused as to why a student sent her an e-mail calling her- well, basically my mother and I called each other by nicknames- let's leave it at that, and it was quite a job explaining what had happened to her. Though it wasn't nearly as embarrassing as it must have been for you."
It should be noted here that it is indeed quite embarrassing to accidentally send a personal e-mail meant for someone else, and for no particular reason let us use the example of several photos of you in a rather frilly and/or suggestive maid outfit, and then it is a huge pain explaining to your Chemistry professor what happened, and then you try to burn it to get rid of it but that doesn't work, and then it escalates into something- well, okay, I'll just leave it at that. (Again, the author is not speaking from extensive personal experience in this regard ***shifty eyes***.)
The professor, however, suddenly received a phone call.
"Um, this was great, but something just came up and I've gotta go," the professor said.
Jason groaned inwardly. All that embarrassment, and the guy had still not technically said that he had known Jason. "But before that professor, you know me right?"
The professor took one good look at Jason.
"He knows he's never seen him before," Percy said.
"Say no, say no, say no, say no, say no," Leo muttered under his breath.
"Yeah, sure, I know you," the professor said, with his attention now being on his phone. It didn't really sound like he meant it, rather he was just throwing it out there, but it was enough.
Result: Jason passed.
Next up was Frank's turn, but that posed two problems. The first, of course, was that Frank was the only non-dyslexic member of their group, and that placed the problem as to how they were going to make the signs. This was settled as Leo managed to wire things to make an electronic board that relied on a speech-to-text program.
The next was that Leo didn't want to be the only one who lost the round, so he dared Frank to go and choose a girl they saw hanging out near a lamp post who had been there for the last ten minutes. That was, if Frank wasn't chicken.
Frank responded by turning into a chicken and then flying around pecking Leo before Leo threatened to make fried chicken… and then long story short Frank finally agreed to do it.
"Hello," Frank said to the girl.
"Are you Archknight876?" she asked.
Frank had no clue what this was supposed to mean, but before he could say 'no', Leo had already held up a sign that said: Yes.
"Yes," Frank said reluctantly. You see, one of the important skills in this game, aside from making up absolute nonsense at the top of your head, is saying things before the others can get you to say crazier things.
"Oh, I'm Angelic783," she said, as if this explained everything. "You know, I knew you were Asian, but I thought you agreed to wear a black sweater, and not a red one. But anyway, I guess it isn't that important, I mean, we agreed on a time to meet and I'm here half an hour early. It's just that I'm nervous, you know- I've never been on a blind date before."
Leo snickered. "Oh… Frank, you still need to convince her that you've met before."
"Did she just say that Frank is Asian and stuff, and that's the only thing she knows about her date's features?" Percy asked. "Does that mean she's saying that all Asian people look the same? If that is true, that's racist."
"Of all the unexpected things that have happened up till now, this has got to be the funniest," Jason said.
Frank however, was almost beginning to sweat heavily. How was he ever going to do this?
"That's right and all, but the thing is that I'm sure that we've met before," Frank said.
"Really? You don't look familiar."
"Didn't she just imply that all Asians look the same to her?" Percy asked.
Percy held up a sign, but at that moment Jason tripped over a wire and unplugged it, and so Percy was holding up a board that was completely blank. Leo hastened to fix it.
This made Frank wonder what he was supposed to say, so he went with, "I- I'm just drawing a blank here, but I'm sure we've met before. You know me, right?"
"What is Frank going to do when the guy who's supposed to actually come here gets here?" Percy asked.
"That's his problem," Jason said.
"If you two are done gossiping, maybe you could help me repair these wires so we can get the board working again!" Leo shouted.
"I- I don't think so," she said.
Jason held up a board that said: THE COW GOES MOOO!
That was not what Jason had been saying, so Jason was confused as to why that message showed up.
"Percy!" Leo said. "I told you to connect the green wire to the motherboard, not the blue one!"
"Blue's always better!" Percy said. "And why do all of your devices say that at some point or the other?"
"Umm, the cow goes moo?" Frank said, which is quite the odd thing to say on a blind date- or any date for that matter, but Frank had to go with what was on the board. "Do those words ring a bell to you?"
"The cow goes moo?" she asked, looking at Frank like he was crazy. "Umm, no. When would that statement ever ring a bell?"
"I think I got it right this time," Leo said.
"Yeah, but this has already been steered in a direction that we don't want," Percy said. "I guess we'll just have to roll with it."
Jason held up a sign that said: Didn't You Go Cow-Tipping With Me That One Time?
"I just remembered," Frank said, "um, did you perhaps go cow-tipping with me that once we went in that huge group?"
"Cow-tipping?" she asked, and laughed. "Isn't that when you sneak up to cows, and try to tip them over?"
"Yeah, but it is a lot harder than you think, because cows are quite heavy," Frank said, trying desperately to find something to say. "Uh, and it was a sort of dare and I remember a few people with me."
"I was not one of them then," she said.
Jason held up a sign that said: What About the Meeting of Ugly People?
"Well, I know I saw a lot of people at that Meeting of Ugly People I attended," Frank said. "What about that?"
"There's something called the Meeting of Ugly People?"
"Yeah," Frank said. "It's when the ugliest people in college gather to discuss our problems. I'm guessing you wouldn't know of it though."
"Did you just indirectly imply that she just might be ugly?" Percy asked. "Again, wrong thing to say on a blind date."
"Yeah, but you're not that ugly either. I can't believe that you'd be invited," she said.
"So, she said that you're 'not that ugly,'" Leo said. "Wow, she burned you good Frank. Basically, you're ugly, but not that ugly."
"Uh, I think I'm remembering something though," she said. "There was that pre-med meeting once that I attended before switching majors, and there was someone in my group…. are you Mark?"
"Yes," Frank said, before anyone could show him a sign telling him to say otherwise. "I'm Mark, you know me, right?"
"Yeah," she said. "I can't believe I forgot! This is so crazy, right, us meeting again on a blind date?"
"Yes, but do you know what's crazier?" Frank asked. "I think I forgot my phone back in the classroom. I'll be right back to get it." Frank knew that now that his objective was complete, he had to walk away before her real date showed up.
As Frank was nearly out of sight, someone in a black sweater walked over to the girl. Frank hurried up in trying to run away.
"Frank! The girl's real date is here!" Leo shouted, almost making Frank deaf. "Someone get a camera over there! I want to see her reaction!"
Result: Frank passed.
A/N: Sorry if you wanted a description of that girl's reaction, you'll just have to imagine it… which can't be hard. It is difficult to capture someone's reaction accurately on paper anyway.
The current score is that Percy and Leo are behind with a negative point each, with both Frank and Jason ahead of them with clean slates. Thanks for reading guys, and for the reviews and favorites (a whole lot more than I expected) and do review if you liked.
