THE BLUETOOTH GAME

BLUETOOTH GAME:

The Game is simple. 10 people – 5 girls and 5 boys are locked inside the room. I, faked name as Hrithik and dressed in black, was one among the dudes who were playing the game tonight. And I paid $300, like everyone else in the room did, to the moderator in order to participate in this game.

We 5 guys are sitting in a row facing the 5 beautiful sexy ladies sitting opposite to us in the same fashion- dressed in Black, White, Red, Blue and Green. Now, there should be complete silence in the room and the only thing we all could hear was the song which was played in the background. The Simplest thing about the game was, we all should use our Bluetooth mobile handset to chat with each other. The toughest part is, we never know to whom we are chatting to, even though we all can see each other and notice their reactions. It was more like a modern “Hide and seek” game.

You have to find with whom you are chatting to, before your partner finds it and reports it to the moderator. That’s it, you will get $500 and your pair loses $300. Moderator takes his $100 as profit. So the trick is to give fewer clues to your partner about yourself and still manage to get enough clues and find out who your partner is.

Other rules are:

1. You have only 1 hour to chat. You will lose $300 if you can’t send any name to the moderator with in 1 hour

2. You can send only 1 name to your moderator. Always the first message send by you will be considered by the moderator.

3. You can chat only with one opposite pair- which will be decided based on draw.

4. The result will be announced at the end of 1 hour and if both the partners identifies each other almost at the same time, winner will be decided based on the first message moderator has received.

It was time for the draw. Only Guys took the draw. I went ahead to take the lot and came back. I opened the lot, and saw the name: Kareena. All guys came back to their own respective seats.

The announcement came from the moderator through speakers “The Bluetooth game will begin now. Your time starts now”

A Digital clock on the wall started ticking down from: 01:00:00

I did a Bluetooth scan on my mobile and it listed 10 names, all being fake names from bollywood:

Girls- Kareena, Katrina, Priyanka, Aishwarya, Deepika

Guys - Salman, Aamir, Sharukh, Ranbir, and myself Hrithik

The 10^th name was listed as “MODERATOR”, with whom I was already connected.

The clock showed 00:57: 34. I send pairing request to Kareena. She accepted it immediately and that is it! We started chatting in our mobile phone application.

Kareena: Already 3 mins over. You are very late!

Hrithik: No Hurry, we still have 57 mins to know each other J

Kareena: Ha ha… we don’t have to know “each other”. I have to know you. That’s all.

Hrithik: Wow…don’t be so aggressive honey. Lets do it slow.

Kareena: Now I know what you are talking about. Stop flirting and start talking. :P

I raised my head a bit and looked at all 5 girls. All were equally beautiful and typing on their phones.

Kareena: “Stop looking at us you black shirt. And concentrate on your phone”

My heart stopped for a second. I still kept a straight face and looked down to type.

Hrithik: “Wow you got me so fast… Send a message to the moderator nowJ”

Kareena: “You are smart indeed! Playing the game for first time?”

Now I realised that I have got a very smart and keen opponent. This was tough.

Clock showed 00:51:22

Hrithik: “I have a small advice for you. You stop being so aggressive. What if I am the green shirt? You watch Green shirt closely now”

Kareena: “Very nice try. You want me to stare at green shirt , and immediately win this game”

Hrithik: “You are smart indeed”

Kareena: “See. Let us not make it obvious and boring. But, the ‘black shirt guy’ will be always in my radar”

Hrithik: “You keep the black shirt in your radar. Meanwhile, let us start talking about something interesting”

Kareena: “Well said”

I saw a small sigh from the red dressed girl, and she had light smile on her face. People normally do that when they change the topic from one to another, like taking a break. I had to watch her closely now for the next chat.

The song in the background was – “ Wanna be my chamack chalo”

Hrithik : “ Nice song, isn’t it?”

The red girl immediately stopped the smile and sat with a straight face, or did she? People do such a face when they want to show that they are not interested in things.

Kareena : “ Not bad. But I like melodies more”

Hrithik : “ Oh..c’mon… you seem to enjoy the song, c’mon..tap your foot.”

Kareena: “ I am tapping my foot”

For a millisecond, I felt like searching for that tapping foot, and then immediately realised that, it was a booby-trap.

Hrithik: “ Nice try. I almost lost it”

Kareena : “ Then accept it and tell me your colour”

Hrithik : “I said…’almost’. Not ‘ I lost it ‘ J”

Kareena : “ You still don’t know my colour”

Now, this was her try to confuse me, plus, to find whether she was in my constant Radar.

Hrithik : “ No clue. But one thing is, the girl in red dress is very beautiful. Wish it were you”

Did I notice the girl in red dress blushing, or didn’t I? This is the worst part about this game. Your brain starts seeing things which your heart wants to. Ok any way let me wait for the response.

Kareena: “ Oh come-on… you dint scan all the girls properly then.”

According to me, a girls mind is not so good in bluffing, and now the probability of my partner being red girl is around 60 %, because she got tensed and is trying to bluff it the other way around. But for the other 40 %, my guess could be wrong.

Clock showed 00:47:28

I tried to see things from a bigger perspective. The Girl I was talking to now would be trying to act very much normal and still trying to watch every one of the guys very closely. She would be even looking it at me now. That thought increased my heart rate for a while and I continued typing.

I looked at girls again. I caught my eyes for more than a second with the girl in yellow Saree. She smiled at me. I dint knew what to do, I smiled back. That’s it! It dint mean anything to me in this situation. May be the Girl in Yellow saree has caught a wrong thread, and by now she would have send a wrong message to the moderator with my name in it. Poor thing! Or would be she the real Girl??? This fucking game!

I was typing without wasting time though,

Hrithik: “Ok let us play another game in between”

Kareena: “ We are already doing Bluetooth game. What else game you want to play?”

Hrithik : “This will be only between two of us. Just guess what the next song would be. That’s all”

Kareena : “ Its going to be very difficult. There are lots and lots of songs”

Hrithik : “ you can start guessing when the initial music starts. Not that tough”

Chamak chalo stopped and the music for next song started.

The Song started with “ Dekha tumko jabse…” In a deep male voice.

Kareena : “ Kabhi Kushi Kabhi Gham”

Hrithik: “ You are very fast indeed. Its our song. You noticed that?”

Kareena: “ what you mean by our song?”

Hrithik : “ Hrithik and Kareena in Kabhi Kushi…They falls in love during this song I guess”

Kareena : “That’s a nice coincidence”

Hrithik : “Its not just coincidence…Its destiny. You and I chatting here right now also are a part of it. May be we should try to understand each other more.

Kareena : “ bullshit!”

Hrithik : “You are my Soniya…”

I typed it when Sonu Nigam sang it for me in the background.

Hrithik: “Ok. My real name is Anthony and I am doing MBA”

Kareena: “ I dint ask you that”

Hrithik : “lets open up a bit. I still feel we need to know more each other”

Kareena: “You are unbelievable. You are trying to flirt with me...”

Hrithik: “Never knew. Knowing each other’s name was called flirting in Punjab”

Kareena: “My name is Christina and I am not from Punjab”

Hrithik: “ J”

Kareena: “whatever.. I am working as an air hostess”

My heart said it was true, because that profession is a matter of pride for women.

The word Airhostess started processing many thing in my mind - Blue dress out by 90%, because of her chubby looks.

Hrithik: “I knew that you are the Red one. Anyway let us keep it aside now. Which airlines?”

Kareena: “Which university?”

Hrithik: “ Delhi”

Kareena: “ KingFisher”

Hrithik: “ See I told it is red”. Knowing that it was not the RED. Because , kingfisher should be a lie and she was trying hard to re-iterate my mind with the RED colour.

So, Red and Blue is almost out now.

It should not be yellow due to earlier instincts of mine.

Remaining were black and green.

My Attention was completely on Black Now, and suddenly I felt that she was the most beautiful among all.

Her hair was falling on her face and she had sexy dimples. She was hiding a sweet smile in her face, as if she was involved in a beautiful chat with someone. Of course it was sweet chat indeed!!!

I checked the time. It was 00:28:12. Damn!! Half time over.

Hrithik: “ See I don’t know whether I have spotted you or not, but if you are the Person I am thinking, then you are extremely good looking. I think we should meet after this game”

Kareena: “ We are the same colour …Is it?”

That gave me a thunder strike in my heart. I suddenly thought to message to the moderator, but then I stopped.

Hrithik: “ Yes. We are the same colour” I replied, looking at Black Saree Girl.

The Black Saree Girl was typing something in her phone, but gradually lifted her head and looked at me. That was a strong stare. We looked at each others eyes for more than 5 seconds. She passed a sweet smile to me. My heart stopped, partially because of the beauty I saw in front of my eyes and partially because of the tension of this fucking game.

Kareena: “ Look at me Green Shirt”

Hrithik : “ What?”

Oops! I made a mistake.

Kareena: “ So you are not green Shirt”

Hrithik: “What If I am green Shirt and I just cleverly pretended it”

Kareena: “Stop over pretending that. Admit it, Still You have 4 colours left.”

Hrithik: “Ok. You Win. I admit it. I am not Green. But wait a second, You said we were same colour and then you asked for Green, which makes you Green”

Kareena: “Do you think I am such an Idiot?”

Hrithik: “ Which means you are not Green”

Kareena: “ Did I say that?”

Hrithik: “C’mon… you too have still have 4 colours left”

Kareena: “ Ok..I am not green.”

I don’t know why, but I believed it.

And I don’t know why, I felt like meeting her after this game, may be for a cup of coffee, or may be to ask few more questions.

Hrithik: “ I trust you”

Kareena: “ Trust is a heavy word!”

New Song Started “Crazy Kiya Re…” from Dhoom 2!

Time was now 00:09:00

Hrithik: “ We have left less than 10 mins now.

Kareena: “Yes.. I am seeing the clock”

Hrithik: “We both are going to lose our money”

Kareena: “The moderator will eat both our money, if we both are wrong”

Hrithik: “Fucking Moderator and Fucking Game”

Kareena: “Do you want to take the colour deal?”

Hrithik: “and what is that?”

Kareena: “I knew you are playing this game for first time”

Hrithik: “Yes I am”

Kareena: “But you are playing too good for a first timer. OK. Colour deal is simple. You tell me your colour. I send it to the moderator. I get $500. We meet outside the pub and divide it $250 each. We lose $50 each. We come back and play with weaker opponents and make up for the lost cash. Safer Game.”

Hrithik: “What? I mean… What if you won’t meet me outside to give my cash”

Kareena: “ You Just told me that you trust me.”

Not a bad idea, and I could meet her too.

Hrithik: “What if I will tell you the wrong one”

Kareena: “You will not. In that case, we both lose our $300”

Makes Sense. I thought. Time was 00:03:42

Kareena: “We Don’t have much time left. Make it fast.”

Now, this was really making my heart beat faster than the normal. I checked for my other options and started looking at different faces in random order. I had left out green and it had the least percentage right now. Blue was the next least. Yellow was the next least, which I had not considered at all. Or did I make a mistake to leave yellow just like that? Red had next chances and then I looked at black again. She was staring right inside my eyes. A strong communication was happening between mine and her eyes, and I felt sweat coming out from me. I could not stand that stare from her. Her smile was saying everything.

Or is it just I am feeling, It could be anyone. It could be really anyone and all are so good in bluffing. This was back to square one after 1 long hour of chatting!

Time was 00:02:04

Kareena: “ Are you going to respond or not?”

Hrithik: “Yes. I Trust you and I want to meet you. I will tell my colour. It’s a colour deal”

Kareena: “Ok. It’s a colour deal. Make it fast”

Time was 00:01:47

Hrithik: “where will you meet me outside the pub?”

Kareena: “There is a café coffee day just opposite to this Pub. Meet me there tomorrow at 4 PM. I will be there at the corner table”

I never thought, I would end up in this situation when I came to this Pub tonight. I joined this game for a fun, but now this was damn serious. It was not just on the money, it was far away from that concept itself.

Time was 00:00:59 , 00:00:58….

Hrithik: “OK. I am Red!”

I told. I don’t know why!!!

Kareena: “I trust you”

Hrithik: “Trust is a heavy word”

There was no response for few seconds. May be she was sending the message to the moderator.

Kareena: “Thank you so much. I told you we are the same colour”

I checked the time, it was 00:00:09

I messaged the moderator: Kareena:RED.

Done!!! I made it just on time!!!

Lights went out. Song Stopped and there was pin drop silence.

The Red Digital Clock on the wall showed 00:00:00.

Half my mind was sad and half my mind was happy!

Token display system showed my token number and I went to the moderator counter. He checked my registration number on his computer screen and said – “ You have lost it in both ways. Your Partner identified you correctly before you send the message, and the message send by you was wrong.”

I stood there frozen. It was all wrong !!!

“No It cannot be. You are lying. I am sure I Identified the correct one and she has failed it.”

“This game is not so easy as you think buddy”- said the moderator and turned the computer screen towards me.

The screen showed the message send by Kareena at 00:00:49, and it said…

Hrithik: Black

“Then which colour she really was?” I asked in desperation.

“I am sorry, I cannot tell you that. Its confidential until you know it yourself by a win” replied the moderator

I lost it. I completely lost it. Just when I started to turn and walk around, the moderator said- “Wait a second! This message could be to you”

Just after her first message, there was again a message in the screen from Kareena to moderator: “Hi Moderator, Tell Anthony to do meet me at the place I had told him earlier. I will be waiting for him there. Christina. J”

“Thank you so much. I told you we are the same colour” – that line reverberated in my mind!!!