I have cut and pasted Chapter one, two and three in this post for any who missed it the first time around._____________Chapter One ---M.Bevington.Once upon a time there were four brothers, Wade Welp, Eric Welp, Laurent Welp, and Pedro Welp. They lived in lands far apart not knowing the others existed. One cold dark night, their STARs aligned and magically they were united in PICal awareness. As each one unfolded their visions of bitmaps, airfiles, vectors, and gauges, they arrived at total consciousness. The brothers worked through the night (lots of them) with not a minute to waste. As electrons fired from continent to continent, the vision began to take shape. The birth of a new masterpiece was close at hand. Under cover of darkness, they turned dreams into reality. It was not until the new set of code was turned into a true treasure that the brothers gathered kings from many lands to look upon it. Under a cloak of silence, the kings spent many moons feasting on the treasure and sharing visions of new refinements.As the treasure became worthy of introduction to the common people, the brothers emerged from the darkness and reached out to Wil, a merchant. Wil engaged in an agreement to package the treasure within a skin of his own choosing and further provide distribution and support through his COmpany.As the people awoke, they marveled at the treasure. What the brothers had not known was the hidden dark side. The treasure became addictive to the people and they found they could not go back to the dreary life they had known without daily exposure to it. The people started making false Gods of the brothers and lifted them as idols.The treasure had but one fault. It was married to a chest, a container that the treasure must rest in for it to be seen and heard. The problem with this arrangement began to surface when the builder of the container, named Mic Ro, decided his container was not decorated well enough and built a new one. All of the people rushed to see the new soft container put forth by Mic Ro and the land began to shake. The people were faced with a problem they could not solve. How could they settle with the brother

Oh no! I thought the One Ring was destroyed in the fires of Mt. Doom!Oops, wrong movie ;0Awesome piece of work there though :)

So it is official then!Bill VC *IS* Ferd Berful.

I have always suspected that! :-beerchug

This one was getting too far back in the archives. Time to come back up for more... :)

Chapter 5Sunrises and sunsets prevailed throughout the lands, however darkness covered the earth. No sounds were heard for sometime. Would the "one" who shone out like a shaft of gold, with his "mondo's" be enough for the task? These were indeed times of great testing and forging of the great treasure. A well dressed serf sent word to the brothers of a deal! They were indeed happy. Nobles and Kings began to feel a shift in the air's as time moved on. The treasure was beginning to shine as most of the dross was burnt off. Oh how she shone! Video releases were sent forth.Some, a ways off, began to hurl insults at the brothers, for indeed the jealousy and envy raised its ugly head as the treasure took its place... What was discovered was that Prince-Scare-a-bus knew of his doom with the release of it, and now was his attempt at a diversion. He hired a bitter and angry imp to plague one of the brothers. The brother Eric saw through the mist to the truth turned his back and ignored the insults. The treasure responded proudly with a growling that could be heard through out the land. Faster and faster the testing and forging took place. Many of the Kings worked long and hard into the nights... time was ticking...but the worked continued in silence.Stay tuned for the final chapter. Coming soon.

Bill Wrote:"Stay tuned for the final chapter. Coming soon." He should have inserted: "Autumn 2004" after 'Coming soon'...Regards,jack

:-) Chapter 5 is written. So it is written, so it shall be done...