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[season 1] In the near-future, mankind succeeds in curing A.I.D.S. However, something much worse fills the void, an aggressive sickness that only affects females. Though only 50% of Earth's population is at risk of contracting M.A.I.D.S., the illness impacts everyone. World War III begins as panic-stricken governments seize healthy females in order to ensure the survival of their people, but even warfare and forced breeding programs can't halt the inevitable: mankind is dying out. An international team of scientists combine existing technologies, theories, and desperation to create Synthia, a synthetic human female capable of M.A.I.D.S.-free existence and, most importantly, reproduction. Biomechanical humans, dubbed Synthias, are mass-produced, and mankind's population begins to slowly increase after being decimated by the illness and war. The cost of salvation is souls. Synthias are denied basic human rights because they are manufactured, not born. After staging an unsuccessful uprising, the facilities where Synthias are mass-produced undergo great changes. Synthia manufactories are re-opened as boutiques where a man's mate can be custom-ordered, right down to the various skills and knowledge the Synthia possesses. A truly male-oriented world emerges around this new technology. Adam, the first son of a Synthia, wants something more than a mere breeding machine. He wants a true partner and something like the "love" he only knows about from pre-war media. The Synthia he creates is something new that threatens to destroy the status quo... Adam's Synthia is not an it. Adam's Synthia is a she. --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- M.A.I.D.S. is the winner of two Watty Awards (2011).

Reality is broken; full of flaws; undeniably imperfect to the point of no return. Dreams are wishes our idle minds create in the dark of the night; a blinding while light created by a small flicker; a place where they survive in eternal paradise. The world is imperfect; dying; violent and prone to disease and evil, always. Yet, still, there is only but one flaw to blame and that is the flaw of interaction. That is why every living creature, animal or humanoid, is induced into a comatose state and laid side by side next to each other, never having to interact to survive; never having to face heartbreak or the feelings of hurt; they only have their inner selves to explore. They live inside their mind, living out the perfect life in a perfect world; the world of their dreams. Jenna Payson has been comatose for 12 years when, suddenly, the dream sequence programming begins to fail. Nightmares begin to appear within the sequencing and organisms begin dying off quickly. The only way for her to survive is to escape the boundaries of her own mind and release herself from the comatose state she has been confined to. Unfortunately, that is easier thought than done.