This entire story arc was mapped out more or less in one night just because 5*7*9 was giving out free notebooks with purchases of x dollars or more. Since I never really planned to do anything with the story, I didn't bother slapping a date on it (d'oh), but I'm guessing it was first conceptualized in 2002 or 2003. Translation into a digital medium began sometime before it first hit the web on December 15th, 2004. Currently on hold.