Okay, you asked for it...

But I have to do the prequel first, leading up to the present (tomorrow)

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In the beginning, the Gods on High called Fractal Design wrought first man and first woman, but they were as of stone rough hewn. No hair did grow upon their head, nor could be placed there. No skin garbed their form, but seamless textures of clouds and reptile skin could be acquired from secret springs the Gods created (read FTP site). For the creators had given first man and first woman unto the people to pose and then draw and paint upon them as they would.

But the people called out into the wilderness – “I cannot draw!”

And so, the Gods did once more plot again. They convened and chose to call themselves for the making of the second peoples, MetaCreations, for they were of all things. And thus did they go to their makers of electron flesh and command them to make a new people. And thus the second people were made, and they were as of clay, unfinished but surely recognizable, and their hair was as of plastic and likened repeatedly to helmets.  And while no clothes could be attached to them, they came in clothed and unclothed versions. More and more the people began to embrace the second peoples, but still something was missing. And thus, the Gods of MetaCreations went once more to their digital craftsman and the third peoples were brought forth. And they were good, but they all did look exactly the same. And there was great wailing…

And soon the people began to produce morph targets and the third people began to look a little different, one from another…

“The people are unhappy with the sameness of the third peoples, they have created morphs to personalize them…” And the Gods pondered, and then once more, returned to Zygote, their digital craftsman and caused to be created the fourth people, of whom Posette has lasting fame.

And for a time, the people were very happy and it was good. But in the halls of the Gods, strange events were occurring. And the Gods of MetaCreations were no longer all things, they became one thing and no longer concerned themselves with the making of electron people. And the few Gods still choosing to tend to the fourth people came to call themselves Curious Labs. And the Gods of Curious Labs did bide their time, and planned a glorious palace in which to house their electron people.

Alas, while they bided, the master craftsmen Zygote, did cause, with no command from the Gods of MetaCreations or Curious Labs to bring forth the electron people of the new Millennium.

Part III tomorrow....

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