Chapter 5
Procrastination
Elliot sat in an office, talking to Malcolm. "Look, man, I've searched everywhere, but I can't find anything on the disappearing chicken nuggets."
Malcolm glared at Elliot through the video screen. "Dude, you've just been playing Apex Legends for the past hour and a half."
Offended by the response, Elliot shouted back, "Dude, it's a really awesome game."
"No, it's not. It's just another company trying to cash in on this stupid battle royale phase. If you and your buddy don't keep looking for those chicken nuggets, I'm gonna be kicking you out of my restaurant and you'll never be welcome here a—"
"Alright, screw you, hater!" Elliot said as he ended the video call. He looked at Jack. "He's probably just a noob."
Jack set his huge laptop on the desk nearby. "Ah, don't mind him. I've got my gaming laptop. Let's play another round."
Then they continued playing more video games for many hours instead of doing their job… until they lost their connection to the internet.
They made their way to the source of the Wi-Fi connection which was in a room with a large computer. Elliot began typing on the computer, trying to figure out the problem. And shortly, he did.
"Well, that explains why the games stopped working. Mr. Buttrugger got a new Wi-Fi router with a different password. And he removed the password." He turned to Jack and asked in desperation, "How are we supposed to play more A-pex Leg-in-dis?"
Jack chose to ignore that deliberate mispronunciation and suggested they try to find Buttrugger's office. If there was any place to find the Wi-Fi password, it would be there.
"He'll pay for interrupting my Twitch stream," Elliot declared in a fit of anger.