Time Fixers: Nicktoons of the Future
Episode 11: World of Weirdos
Plot: A virtual MMO game has become the latest trend for kids everywhere in Dimmsdale, and the Turner kids have become addicted to it. After buying the latest version of the game, they suddenly find themselves trapped in the game by a villain. They must now go level to level with the help of Maxwell and Kida to free their minds and the mind of every kid in Dimmsdale from inside the game.
Part 1
In a land far away is a small village, occupied by strange dwellers such as elves, dwarves, robots, aliens, etc. At a small tavern, business is going as usual when a set of doors open.
"Help!" A young villager cried. "A dragon attacked my home and stole all my sheep."
The villagers gasp in horror, wondering what hero they need to help this poor villager. "A dragon you say?" A voice echoed. Everyone turned to see a bucktoothed young warrior with a pink crown hat, seated at a table in a far corner. He wore armor with a purple cape. This was none other than Tommy Turner. He stood on top of the table, taking out his sword. "I'll defeat this dragon and save your sheep!"
"Thank you, kind sir!" the villager cried in joy, "I'll pay you five hundred gold pieces if you rescue all my sheep."
"Of course," Tommy bowed and ran out of the tavern.
In a dark cavern, the dragon has the villager's flock of sheep cornered in its den, preparing for supper. Outside, Tommy eavesdropped as the dragon circled its prey. "Okay, here we go," Tommy whispered when he noticed a shadow lurking from behind him. He raised his sword and yelled to fight his pursuer, only to find…
"Tammy?" Tommy asked, shocked to see his sister. Tammy wore a pink princess outfit with a gold crown, and holding a long staff with a purple gem on top. "What are you doing here?"
"To slay the dragon," Tammy explained, "I was tasked to fight the dragon for stealing one of the Fire Kingdom's sacred gems.
"Well, too bad because I'm slaying the dragon first! I'm gonna get paid a lot of money if I return to the village with its head."
"We should work together," Tammy suggested, "I can use one of my spells on it, then you slay the dragon and receive the bounty while I retrieve the gem and return it to my kingdom."
"Deal," Tommy shook hands with Tammy. They creep from behind several rocks to catch it by surprise. All of a sudden, they jumped out, prepared to fight, but froze, realizing the dragon is gone. "Where'd it go?" Tommy wondered when something stomped from behind them.
The dragon roared, angered by the intruders. The twins screamed and ran off as the dragon released its fiery breath. Tammy twirled her wand and yelled, "Frostus Icicus!" Her gem glowed blue and summoned an icy wind against the dragon.
The dragon breathed fire again, turning the icy wind into rain. Tommy charged forward and leapt at the dragon. He raised his sword and sliced at its neck, only for the sword to break into two. Tommy fell and glanced at the broken handle with Tammy watching dully. "Oops," Tommy said sheepishly. They look at the dragon that roared and incinerated them with its fire.
"Game Over," the video game voice announced. Everything that happened was actually in a video game the twins are playing while hanging out with their friends in Nicktoon HQ.
"Darn it!" Tommy said as he and Tammy removed their game goggles with "Game Over" on their computer screens, "I told you a thousand times, Tammy. Water always defeats fire! Not ice."
"And apparently, you didn't do your research well," Tammy scolded, "It was a Lava Dragon, so its hide is made of impenetrable rock. You should have been equipped with the Grass Sword, not the Steel."
"What are you guys playing?" Maxwell curiously asked.
"Only the greatest steampunk medieval VR MMO gaming world in the entire universe…so far," Tommy explained, "World of Cyborgs and Dragons."
Tammy continued, "It's pretty basic. You live as any character you choose to be like a wizard, a warrior, a fairy princess, even a cybernetic bounty hunter; and fight monsters, do missions, and other cool stuff."
"Don't we do that in real life?" Maxwell reminded.
"Yeah, but can you recite spells, wield guns and weapons, or save a kingdom from eternal darkness and get reward money for it?" Tommy asked, "In WCD, you can be whatever you want and do whatever you want."
"Ooh…" Maxwell responded, peeked with interest, "Can I try?"
"NO!" the twins yelled as they put on their game goggles to play again while Maxwell and Poof glance at each other in annoyance.
"Can you guys keep it down?" Yuki asked them while lying on the couch, "I'm on the phone." She goes back to her phone and converses: "And so I said, 'like no way!'"
On her phone, Kida gasped, "No way!"
"Yes way!"
"Like no way!" Kida exclaimed, though she was actually in the same room and sitting next to Yuki. "And then what?"
"Then I told him-" but Yuki's call is interrupted when Danny takes her phone away. "Hey!"
"You know what I totally think?" Danny asked, looking irritated, "I, like, believe that you guys are too addicted to your phones."
"I also think you should stop talking, like, a wannabe teenage girl," Darry teased until his father glared at him.
"But your dad's right," Tak added, "You guys seem to depend way too much on technology."
"We do not!" Everyone yelled aloud when SpongeTron returned to the room.
"Hey guys!" SpongeTron greeted with a smile, "I rented the Jet Fusion DVDs for Tammy, ordered a battery pack online for Maxwell, grabbed five supreme pizzas with two pints of soda for Tommy and Darry, stitched up Yuki's voodoo dolls, and booked the in-house foot massage for Kida."
Danny and Tak glared at them when Kida chuckled, "My feet have been getting bunions lately."
"See our point?" Danny stated.
"Come on, dude, this is the future," Tommy reminded, "Everything is high-tech here."
"True dat," Maxwell nodded as Nano the nanobot slithered from behind to perch on his right shoulder.
"I guess," Danny admitted, "Amazed how civilization advanced with vast tech and machinery in 20 years. I'm a bit worried about what happens next."
"Maybe in 20 more years, we'll have human brains in robot bodies or have chips implanted in our heads instead," Tak joked and laughed loudly until he noticed everyone giving him that strange look, "Hee hee, good thing we don't have high-tech in my world."
"Speaking of which, when are you gonna teach me that spell where I can project myself from my body?" Kida asked eagerly.
Hearing this, Tak laughed nervously when he answered, "Oh, right. I forgot about that. Pretty soon, Kida, real soon."
"Ah, 'shaman business' again?" Kida guessed with a dull frown.
"Exactly," Tak grinned when he glanced at his "invisible watch," "Whoops, guess it's time for me to go. Bye!" He summoned a portal with his staff and dashed off, leaving Kida.
Kida sighed in disappointment until Danny laid a gentle hand on her head, "It's alright, Kida. I'm sure there's something fun for you to do here, right guys?" Danny frowned however, seeing Yuki on her phone, Darry and Maxwell watching Jet Fusion through SpongeTron's screen, and Tommy and Tammy still playing online games.
The next day was an average day in Dimmesdale, if playing World of Cyborgs and Dragons all day in the living room with your near-future friend, his robotic pet, and fairy godparent watching counts. "So, what are you doing?" Maxwell asked as he watched from behind.
"Protecting a village by fighting a gang of mutant shadow wolves," Tommy answered.
"Tammy and Tommy wish for something now?" Poof asks hopefully as he holds up his magic rattle.
"Shh!" Tammy loudly hushes while playing.
In the online world, it was night while the mutant shadow wolves howled as they dashed toward Tommy and Tammy. Tammy's gem glowed yellow as she shot a sun beam, stunning one of the wolves while Tommy stabbed one of them, turning it into black smoke.
"Black magic huh," Tammy said, examining the smoke, "You know what this means?"
"The Shadow Mage," they said altogether.
"Who?" Maxwell asked, confused as he watched them play.
"The Shadow Mage," Tammy explained once more, "It's one of the game's top players who specializes in using and summoning black magic."
"He gains points by defeating other players and stealing their loot," Tommy added, "But not this time because we have a plan. Have that light gem in touch, Tams?"
"On it," Tammy replied in the game, who replaces her power gem with a white one. "He should be here any time now."
She throws a white vial to Tommy, containing dust of the light gem as Tommy loads it into his gun. Tommy cocks his gun as he and Tammy scan the area. Poof crosses his arms and frowns, but Maxwell watches in awe, looking at the computer screen which is in Tommy's POV.
So far, there was nothing of the seen Shadow Mage. "Psst," Tommy whispered to Maxwell, "Can you sense if the Shadow Mage is here?"
"Sure," Maxwell smiled, "And why don't I read Nano's mind to see if he has any secrets we don't know of." he frowned, "Dude, it's a game. I don't know what an avatar is thinking."
Tommy and Tammy look for the Shadow Mage when a figure in a black ragged cloak covering his face and wearing high-tech equipment hides within the trees, raising a bow. Tammy was the first to spot him. "Tommy, look out!" Tammy called and fired a light ray at the Shadow Mage.
The Shadow Mage jumped out of the tree and fired more arrows at them. Tommy and Tammy escaped from the arrows' range. Tommy aims and fires at the Shadow Mage only for the Mage to raise his arm and project a shield around himself. He stomps his staff on the ground and summons more shadow wolves. He pointed his staff at the twins, causing them to charge at them.
Tommy takes out another gun and fires at the wolves, obliterating them into black smoke. Tammy twirls her staff and summons a huge light that shone, nearly blinding the Mage. The Mage glances around to see Tommy jump high in the air and aims his duel guns at the Mage and fired various light bullets.
There was a bright light on the screen that Maxwell and Poof had to shield their eyes from. Once the light fades, the Mage is gone. Tommy and Tammy high-five each other for a job well done. "Guess who's the top player now?" Tommy cheered, flexing his muscles.
"Yeah, but defeating a player like that; doesn't it seem too easy?" Tammy asked suspiciously. Tammy and Tommy continued to scan the forest, wondering if they truly defeated the Shadow Mage or not.
In reality, Maxwell continued watching Tommy play and search for the Mage. "Where are you?" Tommy asked aloud, "Come on…come on…" Suddenly, the screen went static, causing Tommy to bang the top of the screen for a clear picture.
"You okay?" Tammy asked Tommy.
"Hold on a sec," Tommy replied, adjusting his game goggles and placed them back on. "Okay, game on!"
Once their avatars are ready, they did not notice a small beeping device roll under their feet. It beeped rapidly, the twins aware of what just happened. "Nope, game over." Tammy sighed in defeat.
The device went off, releasing a black explosive light, causing the screen to go "Game Over." In Tommy and Tammy's place were a large amount of coins and jewels which the Shadow Mages collects and leaves in victory.
"Crud!" Tommy shouted in anger, taking off his game goggles and throwing them on the ground, "That's the tenth time we couldn't beat him."
"Well, these are last year's goggles," Tammy mentioned, "Its graphics probably can't compare with WCD Version 10. We should have gotten the new goggles when it was released last month."
"Last month?" Maxwell asked, "But you guys have Poof. Why didn't you wish for it when it came out?"
Poof coughed as he glanced at his godkids, as if expecting them to admit something. Tommy and Tammy glanced at each other sheepishly. "Well…" Tammy admitted. "Ever since that…incident…our dad limited us on wishes."
"Limited wishes?" Maxwell asked, "Why? What did you wish for?" Tommy and Tammy look at each other again, remembering the incident.
In a flashback, Tommy and Tammy were looking at a toy catalog when something caught their eye. "I wish we had Y Fighter life-sized." They both exclaimed.
"Poof poof!" Poof smiled, waving his rattle.
Timmy was making coffee downstairs when he hears a "POOF" with a loud crash of rubble. Timmy, Cosmo, and Wanda rushed to the twins' bedroom to see a giant Y Fighter, life sized, but large enough to make a hole through the ceiling of their bedroom.
Timmy glared at the twins as Tommy quickly hides the catalog behind his back. "Want me to wish for a Flipsy?"
"We probably should have wished for it outside," Tammy meekly admitted.
"Yeah," Tommy chuckled when he gleamed at Maxwell, "But maybe a certain friend has enough money spared from rent to buy us one?"
"Oh, no," Maxwell frowned, "I'm not wasting my cash to buy those stupid goggles."
"You said before you were interesting in the game."
"True, but I'm more of a watcher than a player," Maxwell admitted, "I think your Version 5 goggles-"
"Actually, Version 9."
"Seriously?" Maxwell asked, almost in disbelief. "Then I stand corrected, your gear should be just as good as the latest update."
"Are you tired of your current game goggles?" An internet ad announced. "Thinking of getting the 10 version? Well, too bad! Because we're introducing the new Game Goggles 10.5!"
"10.5?" Maxwell asked in disbelief until Tommy and Tammy hushed him.
"The GG V10.5 has it all! 4K graphics, voice over assistant, in-game features, personal Wi-Fi, and more! Perfect for your MMO games such as the popular World of Cyborgs and Dragons. Don't deal with the latest trend, deal with the current trend! There's much more! Order within an hour and you get the GG 10.5 with automatic cup holders!"
"Pfft," Maxwell rolled his eyes, "This is utterly ridiculous. Who'd buy something like that?"
"Awesome!" Tommy and Tammy cried excitedly.
"Now I don't have to worry about pausing my game to get a drink." Tommy added with even more excitement
"Yeah, the 'walking to the kitchen to get a soda from the fridge' is so last week," Maxwell said dully.
Tammy took out her phone, "I'm gonna ask Dad if we can wish for the GG V10.5 ASAP."
"No," Timmy disagreed on wishing the latest GG for the twins.
"What?" Tammy asked, shocked, "Why not?"
"Guys, your game goggles should be just as good as the new ones," Timmy reasoned.
"But it's got a cup holder!" Tommy begged.
"Really? Neat!" Cosmo said with excitement as Wanda sighed.
"Guys, I would love to wish you those gadgets, but whenever you buy something, you play with it, and then stop using it when you hear of the latest and want to buy it and so forth. This happened with your computers, your tablets, your phones…I can see why Danny was concerned about all the tech."
"Hey, we gotta catch on with the latest trend yo," Tommy excused.
Timmy sighed, "Unless you have enough money to buy your own game goggles without magic, it's still no." With his decision final, Timmy picked up his suitcase and left the Turner household with Cosmo and Wanda following him.
Tommy and Tammy frown that their dad won't let them buy the product until they remember something and glance at Maxwell. "I already heard what you're thinking," Maxwell glared, "And it's no."
Outside the Wall-To-Wall Mart, there was a very VERY long line with Tommy, Tammy, and Maxwell. "How did you talk me into this?" Maxwell asked.
"Because your big brain couldn't resist glancing at the latest technology," Tammy explained as she stood on a purple shopping cart that was really Poof in disguise.
Maxwell groaned, "My answer is still no."
"Updating like everyone else huh?"
The three turn around to find three familiar faces. "Dar! Yuks! What are you guys doing here?" Tommy asked, spotting them with Kida.
"We heard you guys would be coming here and thought we could meet up," Yuki explained.
"And you, Kida?" Tammy asked her.
"Just hanging with my best friend and boyfrie- I mean, friend!" Kida corrected herself, "Who's a boy. Unless he wants to be more than that…"
"O…kay" Darry said uncomfortably and asked the twins, "So you guys are gonna get the new Game Goggles?"
"No/Definitely!" Maxwell and the twins said with their voices overshadowing Maxwell's.
"Come on, Max!" Tammy urged, "Besides, once Tommy and I get the goggles, you can play WCD too with our old ones."
"Hey, if we're using my money, shouldn't I be possessing the latest version?" Maxwell retorted.
"True…but isn't the money our dad is giving you not the same currency in your timeline?" Tommy responded, "Meaning the money you're keeping is considered illegal?"
Maxwell was about to raise a finger to say something back when he remembered something in his timeline. "Well played, Turner. Well played." He passes his wallet to Tommy and Tammy, much to their glee. Maxwell sighed, "Now if you need me, I'll be getting a soda." He walked away in a huff. Kida glanced at Maxwell and decides to follow him.
Maxwell placed some coins in a vending machine which pops out a purple flurp. Nano emerged from Maxwell's pocket and buzzed to him about his concerns, "Zzzz... Bzz..."
"Am I concerned about them spending half of my savings for those dumb goggles? Yeah, if it's my money... even if it is illegal money." He bends down and takes the can to drink it when Nano alerts that someone is behind him. Maxwell turned to see it was Kida. "Hey."
"Hey," Kida greeted cheerfully, "So…what's it like living with the Turners?"
Maxwell shrugs and responds, "Okay I guess. How about your dad? How's he doing?"
Kida gave a huff, "He's doing his 'shaman business' as usual. He's been doing it for the past few months. He's been neglecting me on my studies."
"Well, pretty sure whatever it is, it must be important," Maxwell guessed.
Maxwell and Kida walked back to the Wall-To-Wall Mart and pass by set of screens with the demo of World of Cyborgs and Dragons playing. Suddenly, few of the screens go static, which Maxwell took notice of. Maxwell stared at the screen when Kida asked, "What's wrong?"
Maxwell looked at the screen, looking for any weirdness when he shook his head. "Nothing," he replied, "I might be seeing things."
After many hours, the twins made it to the cashier. "Here you go," the employee stated, handing them the new game goggles, "Two Game Goggles Version 10.5. The latest in VR MMO technology."
"And with the cup holders?" Tommy pleaded.
"Sure, whatever," the employee dully responded, quickly installing one into one of the goggles.
"Sweet!" Tommy cheered, and placed his new game goggles on just as Maxwell and Kida arrive. "And a soda for demonstration. Thanks!" He swiped Maxwell's soda and placed it in his cup holder on the right side of his head. "And back to WCD!" he ran from the line to go to his house, not noticing the goggles is messing with his vision. He recklessly crosses the street when a car drives toward him.
"Tommy!" Tammy, Poof, Darry, Yuki, and Maxwell cried.
But a pink aura surrounded Tommy as it lifted him up in the air and back to the sidewalk. Kida gently puts Tommy down with her staff, her magic saving him. Maxwell pulled the Game Goggles off Tommy and scolded, "I think we should put on the goggles after we get home, NOT in the corner of the intersection!"
Tommy chuckled sheepishly, "I knew that…"
Back at the Turner household, Tommy and Tammy were preparing for the game, first by downloading the latest version of WCD for the new game goggles' compatibility.
"Snacks, check! Soda, check! Goggles, check! Latest update…still getting there!" Tommy noted. He and Tammy sit down and watch the laptop, impatiently waiting for the game to download.
Maxwell watched them boredly while examining the old goggles they used to play. He hears the doorbell ring and dashed over to answer. He opens the door to see Kida outside. "Kida! What are you doing here?" Maxwell asked.
"Since Darry and Yuki are doing chores, I thought I can hang with you guys and watch you kick butt in WCD," Kida answered.
"Sounds cool, but fortunately, I'll be a bystander in their game," Maxwell stated.
"Huh, so will I, I guess," Kida shrugged.
"Come on, come on, come on…" the twins said, continuing to stare at the screen as Kida, Maxwell, and Poof join in. "And…"
The game installment reached 100 percent and was complete. "Yes!" the twins cheered. The game went static again to Maxwell's surprise. He noticed, however, the static took longer and he swore the computer sparked for some reason.
"It's game time!" Tommy called as he and Tammy prepare to put on the goggles.
"Uh, guys…have the goggles…been tested before?" Maxwell asked, concerned, "I mean, usually I would wait a month for a new gadget instead of right away, so I can wait for the company to fix any er-"
"Did you hear something?" Tammy asked her brother.
"Nope. Not at all." Tommy carelessly answered. Maxwell frowned, knowing what their actual thoughts were. Soon, Tommy and Tammy placed the goggles on their heads while launching World of Cyborgs and Dragons.
Soon, their avatars reappeared in the gaming world, in a crystal-like forest. "Wow, the world looks so HD with these things," Tammy said with amazement. "Everything here looks so detailed.
All of a suddenly, crystal-like giants appeared and towered over the twins. "Less sight-seeing, more fighting!" Tommy urged, taking out his sword with Tammy taking out her staff.
A giant raised one foot to stomp on them, but Tammy raised her staff while yelling, "Vinus Snareus!" At her words, vines shot up from the ground and entangled the giant. This gave Tommy the chance to slice the giant in half.
"That's what I'm talking about!" Tommy grinned and continued to fight more giants. Tommy loaded a vial of red crystals into his pistols and shot fireballs at the giants.
"Flamus Incineratus!" Tammy yelled as her gem glowed red and released a tornado of fire. The fiery vortex sucked the giants inside. Tommy loads a black crystal into one of his pistols and fires a black beam of light that destroys the giants instantly. The giants shatter into pieces and convert into jewels that fall from the sky.
"All right!" Tommy smiled until a black blur swipes all the gems before they hit the ground. The figure lands on the ground, having collected his loot. The twins can recognize this figure.
"The Shadow Mage…so we met again," Tammy sneered with a glare.
The Shadow Mage said nothing, but raised his staff with the gem glowing green. He pounded it to the ground, releasing an earthquake. The ground shook below them, creating a crack below Tammy and Tommy's feet.
Tammy whirls her staff as it floats and she sits atop like a witch on a broomstick. She swoops to catch Tommy before he can fall. "Not this time, Mage!" Tommy hollered and fires from both his black and red gem-powered pistols.
The Shadow Mage hides himself with his cape and instantly teleports. He raises his staff which glowed bright yellow and summons a lightning storm. He commands the storm to shoot bolts at his opponents, but Tammy and Tommy quickly fly around and dodge his attacks.
Tammy's staff glows yellow and she recites the saying, "I summon thee: the Thunder Beast!"
She raised her hands and makes a wave gesture as the lightning swarms around and forms into a giant tiger. The tiger roars and leaps at the Shadow Mage with its fangs bared. The Shadow Mage uses the green energy from his staff to summon a green elemental snake which hisses and charges at the Thunder Beast. The two beasts collide with each other and form a shockwave that pushes both the Shadow Mage and the twins back.
Tammy flew back into the sky with Tommy sitting behind her. "Nice job on the summoning spell, Tams." Tommy congratulated with a grin.
"Thanks. It took me five hundred yellow gems to achieve that," Tammy smiled, "Think we finally got rid of the Shadow Mage?"
Her question is answered when the Shadow Mage shoots up in the air, wearing a jetpack. He pushes a button on his jetpack and unleashes a barrage of rockets.
"Oh, come on!" Tommy groaned.
The rockets explode upon impact as the Shadow Mage flies away again with his loot. Tommy and Tammy fall from the sky and land hard on the ground. Tommy was the first to get up, "That's so unfair." He complained, "How can someone like him earn enough gems to buy a rocket equipped jetpack? That's not even his style."
"I'm surprised though. We managed to survive the Shadow Mage's attack," Tammy stated, examining herself for any serious injuries. "Guess the Mage is losing his touch." Then, something beeped, which was Tammy's high-tech pocket watch she won from a mission. She opens it to look at the time. "Ooh, Dad will be home any minute. We better log out."
"Do we have to?" Tommy whined, "We just started."
"The game isn't going anywhere, Tommy," Tammy said, "We'll just greet Daddy, have dinner, and return to the game."
"Okay fine," Tommy relents, then announces, "Logging out."
Tammy and Tammy try to log out with their eyes closed. For a few seconds, they open their eyes to see they are still in the gaming world. "Uh…logging out." they are still present, "I said 'logging out'…why aren't we logging out?"
"Weird," Tammy said, looking confused, "We should be logging out by voice command. Maybe we should try to take off the goggles?"
The goggles materialize on their heads and they try to remove the goggles. They attempt to pull it off, but can't for some reason. "I can't get them off!" Tommy cried out.
"Me neither!" Tammy shouted, "What's going on?"
"Guys? GUYS!" Maxwell yelled at Tommy and Tammy in the real world. Ever since they put the game goggles on, the twins went into a comatose state. This is demonstrated when Kida poked Tammy in the arm and she fell sideways onto Tommy as they both topple on the floor like rag dolls. The game goggles sparked with Maxwell and Kida concerned.
"Tammy, Tommy!" Poof cried as he tried to pry the goggles off Tommy's head, but couldn't pull them off no matter how hard he tried.
Timmy arrives through the front door, saying, "Tommy, Tammy, I'm home. You wouldn't believe what I went through toda-" he dropped his suitcase, horrified to see the twins. "Tommy? Tammy?" he cried in panic, rushing to his kids. "What on earth happened?!"
"I don't know," Kida explained frantically, "All we know is that ever since they put the new game goggles on, they fell limp like voodoo dolls."
"We tried to remove the goggles, but we can't," Maxwell exclaimed.
"Oh no. I knew I had a good reason to rush back home ever since I saw the news," Timmy said in worry.
"What news?" Maxwell asked.
Timmy answered by turning on the TV to the news channel. "This is Chet Ubetcha with breaking news! The excitement of the new Game Goggles V10.5 turns into disaster when thousands of kids are stuck wearing the goggles with parents unable to remove them. Few try to shut down the famous World of Cyborgs and Dragons, but the game refuses to shut down or log users out. Scientists are researching why."
"I think we need a better scientist than that," Timmy said with the two kids knowing who he meant, "Bring Tommy and Tammy to Retroville. I don't know what's going on, but I think it has something to do with this so-called MMO game…"
What is the story behind the malfunctioning technology? And who is the Shadow Mage? Please review what you think and stick around for Part 2.