Petra read the ad again as she stood in front of the artist studio,
"'Want to live forever? Don't want to suffer the decay of old age? Don't mind outliving everyone you know? Become an immortal work of art! You'll never regret it!' Be free of most physical concerns forever. Handsome down payment. Well, better offer than anything else I have, which is zero."
Petra entered the converted warehouse, and was surrounded by life size figures of every shape, size, and species, all beautifully crafted. A wolf woman, a horse man, a ox centaur, the list went on.
A woman in an artist's smock saw you with the advertisement in your hand and said,
"Ah, you're here for the advertisement? Excellent! Before you ask, yeah, I'm a witch, and I do real magic. If you don't believe me, then it's your own fault. I turn people into clay statues, don't worry, magically enhanced so you won't shatter if you fall over.
"And before you get the wrong idea. My works of art are alive, if they were dead as stone, they'd be corpses on display. And if they were still human on the inside, I'd showing off paralyzed people. Nope, you are becoming a living work of art, physically and mentally.
"Now, I work WITH my subjects. Together we decide what age, sex, species, shape, pose, theme, etc, you'll have as your new self. I also do 'modest nudes', where the naughty bits are erased from the work of art. I also offer a generous amount for you to do with as you please. I have the contracts for you to sign with me. And since you haven't run out of here screaming, I can assume you're at least interested. Some of my works are capable of movement, but most really, really, REALLY don't want to, as it goes against their base nature as statues. Again, you're not running, screaming, or some other nonsense. So would you mind we get started? Also, you contract with include if you wish to rent your form out, or a single life time payment per holder. We have many options. But first and foremost my dear, I want to help you decide what work of art you wish to become."