Ben was sitting at his computer playing his favorite online role playing game when an ad flashed up on his
screen. It was advertising something called the Complete Transformation Package and promised to completely
alter his life. For Ben, this the chance he'd been waiting for. Ben was what would be politely described as a
nerd. He was tall, but frail looking and scrawny with both glasses and braces. In other words, a high
schoolers worst nightmare. He had a few friends, but many more enemies who loved to torment him for his looks
and his lack of physical prowess. Ben couldn't even remember the last time a pretty girl had seen him as
anything but creepy or pitiable. Escaping his life was not a hobby, it was an obsession, with most of his free
time spent online playing various role playing games.
Ben didn't hesitate to click, desperate for some possibility of change. Entering in his dad's credit card
information (he'd stolen it long ago knowing his dad would never notice so long as he kept the charges small)
and selected rush delivery. He was just about to go back to his game when the doorbell rang. Since he was
alone in the house, he went down to answer it. Waiting on the doorstep was a large package addressed to him
from Spells R' Us and IBM. Ben realized with a start that this was the package he'd just ordered.
Excited at the possibility that he was dealing with real magic, Ben grabbed the package and rushed up to his room. Tearing the box open, he looked inside, taking inventory of the items. They seemed fairly ordinary. Two rings, an old watch, a matched pair of necklaces, a medallion, a cd, an old remote and a test tube filled with a liquid that kept changing color. Undeterred, Ben picked up the nearest item and began trying to figure out how to use it. Seeing a booklet at the bottom of the box, Ben grabbed it and flipped to the pages pertaining to the item in his hand.