Short apology for not updating in so long. I had most of this chapter written but it timed out and disappeared. My bad!
"My turn. I think I can top Percy's," Jason said with a twinge of nervousness in his voice.
Percy cracked his neck. "I'd like to see you try. Really, I would. I don't know what you could possibly say to rival mine."
Jason took a breath. "I'm trans."
"Bold move, sacrificing my point." Piper leaned back in her chair, arms crossed and completely unfazed. Leo screwed his face up and squinted at Jason skeptically.
"What does that mean?" Hazel asked softly. Awkward glances were exchanged the room, like no one wanted to explain wrong and put words in Jason's mouth, even though he didn't look like he was about to speak either.
"It means he was born as a girl." Frank finally spoke up, though quietly. Jason raised his eyebrows as he nodded slightly, as if to say 'pretty much, yeah.'
Hazel studied Jason considerately along with the rest of the room and nodded at him. "I didn't know that could happen."
Jason couldn't help a small smile, partly for pride in himself at having finally come out, but mostly relief that it was going okay.
"I think you deserve the... uh... math math math math ten! Ten points. Yeah, you get ten points." Percy settled.
"What happens if we call bs?" Annabeth challenged.
"I'm not taking my pants off." Jason said quickly.
"I didn't suggest you did. I just asked what would happen."
Leo held his hands up to her to sate her. "Unless you're calling him on it right now, it's not gonna happen. Chillax, puta."
Percy immediately turned to Leo and raised his eyebrows indignantly at him. "Don't call her that. Ever."
Leo backed up a little. "Geez, amigo, I'm just messin'."
Jason was collecting his points, apparently unchallenged. He noticed that of all the searching eyes, only Percy's weren't looking for some proof so much as they were studying him to make sure he was okay. He didn't know how to thank him for that, so he left it. "Piper next."
"Yes, okay." She leaned forward and rubbed her hands together competitively. "I'm color blind."
Percy's hand shot up as if to hold his place in asking a question as he searched for the words, but Leo blurted out: "What kind of color blind?"
"Red-green." She answered preparedly. Percy dropped his hand with a half-playful glare at Leo. Leo pressed his lips into a considering frown.
"¿Qué piensas? ¿Dice ella la verdad?"*
"Dude, shut up, you're gonna confuse me." Percy shot back in annoyance. His consonants did sound a little confused and off in English pronunciation.
"That's pretty cool," Hazel said. "You get a point from me."
"One from me too." Frank agreed, and confirmation circled around the room as Piper collected on it.
"Me next!" Hazel leaned forward, legs crossed and hands gripping the front of her seat to keep herself steady. "I actually know how modern technology works. I'm just playing with y'all for laughs."
"No. Nuh-uh, that's bs." Leo stood in his passion, gesturing widely and pointing at her. "No way you'd intentionally let my systems combust. You have no clue what you're doing. I bet my one point on it."
The corner of Hazel's mouth twitched up and she held her blush in her shoulder. "Yeah, you're right."
Leo celebrated with a little dance. Jason blinked slowly at him, exhausted just by his prolonged existence.
"Next iiiiiiss (drum roll please...) Franky! Frankenstein. Frankenbaby. Let's hear it." Leo had taken to wandering around the table.
"Um, my favorite color is green?" He offered.
"LAAAAAME but still, I personally did not know that." Leo bounced over to the plate and tossed one at Frank.
"I knew it." Hazel leaned into her boyfriend.
"Piper doesn't even know what green looks like." Percy snorted when he realized.
She clicked her tongue at him. "Same as yellow and red." Percy snorted back at her.
It was decided that Frank got five points.
"Back to me, huh?" Leo found himself standing on the table. No one questioned it. "Alright. I'm really gonna get y'all now."
*Spanish
"What do you think? Is she telling the truth?"