Nexus, the Infinite City. A day like any other.
A Hobbit sporting a neon green mohawk leads his pet buopoth down the sidewalk by a gem-studded leash. A xenomorph shawman's mandibles clack hungrily as it haggles with the proprietor of a fried dooboona cart. The driver of a Mack truck angrily blares his horn at the UFOnaut who has parked his saucer in the middle of the road while collecting samples. A dashing superhero, resplendent in his four-color finery, does his best to politely fend off a swarm of elven fangirls as he heads to the corner bakery.
And the daylight dims, taking on a decidedly -purple- tint...
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...for high above, a massive purple storm cloud drifts ominously over the tallest spires of the City.
A long, purple draconic head with a frilled black crest peers over the rim of the cloud at the ground below, jerking back quickly just in time to avoid a speeding rocketbike. The dragon shakes his head, then turns and ambles back toward the column of the storm's anvil.
"It is so -crowded- here," the dragon observes. "So unlike the green pastures and rocky crags of the Dominance."
A flicker of lightning runs through the storm, followed by a low mutter of thunder.
"Yes, I know," the dragon concedes. "But I had thought that I might adjust. After all, there are so -many- sorts of beings here... One would think that such a place might accommodate anyone's desires. Perhaps I would be better off back in the Valley of Storms..."
Another rumble from the cloud.
The dragon pauses to consider this. "Do you think so?"
A crackle of lightning.
The dragon blinks his crackling white eyes and ruffles his great white angelic wings in his growing excitement. "Yes! I believe you may be right! Why, if this place is truly infinite, some part of it -must- suit my needs! And perhaps... perhaps if I find that place... -she- might be found there as well!"
He fairly trots back to the storm's leading edge, perching there like a ship's figurehead. "Let us hurry, my friend!" he tells his cloud. "Our perfect place awaits!"
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