Chapter 65: What''s Normal


    As Wandering Sound walked quietly next to Drifting Cloud and Roaming Wind he felt a sense of adventure that he hadn''t felt in a long time since ying this game. This game has always been a source of ie for him ever since he had begun ying it.


    He had always dreamed of bing a famous singer and after winning an onlinepetition his dream came true. A well-knownpany signed a contract with him and at the age of eighteen, he became a famous virtual star.


    Thepany he was with wanted to expand their market so they sent some of their more popr stars inside different vrmmo''s. He was one of the stars that got chosen, but on the upside, he got sent to one of the most popr vrmmos.


    All he had to do was to be popr, thepany would set him up in a town and promote him. His songs were all in a digital format, so if a yer liked his music they could download it after the first time they heard it.


    There are three ways a yer can perform in a town, one is a street performance, where a yer can rent a designated ce in town to perform for an hour or more if they want to continue to pay for the spot. Secondly, there are wooden stages, around 2-3 depending on the size of the town. The stage can only be rented if yer poprity reached a certain amount. Basically ites down if the yer''s digital album has the right amount of sales.


    Lastly, there are concert halls and stadiums, these are only reserved for yers whose album has reached the top 10 in sales and poprity. Wandering Sound had sold out stadiums every other week, but he wasn''t happy.


    Bing famous sounds easy on paper, but the reality is that it''s extremely hard. Thepany didn''t understand how many people wanted to be famous in this game by bing a singer. The town thepany chose to settle him in was the capital of Ziam, it was a good idea, a lot of people all over the region always wandered in and out of the capitol.


    It''s too bad that other people also had the same idea, once he entered the capitol there were sirens everywhere, trying to get popr. Although he was a great singer and songwriter, his music wasn''t mainstream, so he didn''t have a lot of fans at first but thepany hired a songwriter that was popr for his mainstream songs. Using those songs he became extremely popr. He had money, fame, endorsement deals but he wasn''t happy because he didn''t earn it himself using his music.


    Wandering Sound couldn''t help but be upset when his songs were turned down by thepany because they didn''t fit his image. At most, they would let him put his song on the album but it would always be as a bonus track. Although his fame grew the more unhappy he became, and if he tried to talk to anyone about it they would say he was being ungrateful. This went one for five years until it was time for his contract renewal.


    Deciding not to resign, he decided to quit being a singer for a while and wander the game making money in other ways. He had always been interested in discovering new ces, so he decided that he wanted to be an explorer. He already had enough coin that would allow him to travel wherever he pleased, so he decided to be one.


    Since he was already a bard, he could make explorer his secondary ss. To get a second ss one must be friends with the ss instructor of their choosing and once they gained that instructor trust, they will be given a chain quest that pertains to the second ss they want.


    For example, Wandering Sound''s quest was to find evidence of the Forgotten valley of Ensworth. After searching for thest two weeks he finally found a clue that pointed him in the direction of Errinisworth. Excited he packed up his stuff, sold his house in the capital and left town.


    He had been on the road for about a week, he finally realized how lonely he was. In the capital, he was always surrounded by people and he always had his fans to talk to, but as he walked he realized how much the silence was getting to him.


    Since thepetition was high in the capitol he was never really familiar with anyone, because he knew the person you call friend could be an enemy in the blink of an eye. He watched it happen to so many of the other singers.


    Now that he was out of the capitol and no longer a singer but a normal yer he wanted to try to make friends, but finding someone who didn''t know him would be hard, that is why when he heard Roaming Wind scream he paused for a bit before running to help.


    Who knew he would run into yers that don''t follow the normal conventions. As he saw the Treasure Hunter getting dragged by Floret Buns and her Dryad friend trying to help her by throwing potions. A smile appeared and all he could think was, ''Interesting.''


    Taking out his flute he began to blow, and as he did he watched the faces of the two yers look at him with no recognition, ''Maybe I can just be a normal yer around these two.''