Chapter 4

I decided to start off by asking my friend Frostworks. As a user who had signed up before 2005,he sure had a lot of friends, 200 to be exact. And he kept up with everyone of them. He was always a very sociable person. So I headed to Durem.

Durem was like a city all by its self. It had shopping malls, a hair salon, skyscrapers, and even a mansion. Everything was built into a kind of Victorian design that gave the city a sense of danger, and bustling inequality. It was also Frostworks favorite town.

As I walked down the cobblestone street, I passed many users who had piercings, wore lolita dresses, and had demonic accessories on.

I looked this way and that looking for the guy; but after an hour of searching I gave up, and sat down on the patio of a fancy restaurant designed after a classic French eatery. Sighing, I looked at the menu and ordered a plate of pasta.

There was one thing I forgot to mention, he never shows up when you expect him to.

After finishing my plate of pasta and paying the merchant, I left the restaurant. Even though I was seated at the best view of the street, I did not see him anywhere.

Where could he be? Did he get banned too? Doubt was filling my head as I headed back home, it was night already and the street lamps were on, the city look beautiful at night.

As I walked alone on the sidewalk I couldn't help but bump into someone. We both fell to the ground in a heartbeat.

I began helping the person up, "I'm so sorry, I wasn't paying attention. It's so dark outside and..." I froze; this was the guy I was looking for!

"Ouch! Hey, watch where your going Zookaroo!" Frostworks laughed, a wide grin spreading across his face.

My face grew red. "Where WERE you? I was waiting for like, three hours!"

"Three hours?" Frostworks let out a puzzled expression.

"Yes three! Did you get my PM or what?"

Frostworks opened up his laptop and looked at his inbox. I could swear there were over a hundred messages titled "Leave me alone!" in there.

"Ah!" Frostworks scanned his mail until he found my message. "It looks like they got to me first." This is one annoying fact about the guy, he never looks at his mail." So what is it you wanted to talk about?"

I let out a deep breath, trying to keep myself from sounding too harsh. "I want you to do me a favor."

"A favor? Oh, sure, anything Zookaroo!" This is one reason I liked the guy. "I can get you a date, show you around ZOMG, donate to your quest, hang up flyers, hack..."

"No," I said, reflecting off the last time he hacked for me. "I would like for you to ask your friends what they were doing before they got banned."

"Oh, I see. The gold laundering thing." Frostworks opened up his laptop. "Doing a bit of detective work? I'll have the names by morning."

"Thank you," I replied. Grinning. Maybe this isn't impossible after all.