 You stand in a thick jungle of tropical flora. Strange, brilliant birds cry out to you through the steadily falling rain. Despite the apparent shelter the canopy should be providing, you are becoming fully drenched in mere moments. You shrug, a little water never hurt anyone, and trudge through the underbush. As you rustle a fern-like bush, a myriad of color explodes before you. Dozens of butterflies flutter around you, dancing and frolicking. You close your eyes and let their gently batting wings whisper against your skin and passed your ears. When they pass, you begin to feel harsh, cold drops of rain beginning to fall harder and harder. You open your eyes suddenly in reaction to the stinging droplets and in a matter of seconds the storm has become furious. The wind howls and you vainly shield your eyes from the rain. A loud sound rustles the foliage to your left, do you follow it or not? You stagger towards a large tree and clutch to its trunk tightly. You hear a low rumble of thunder and you wonder if you should look for better shelter. You finally work up the courage to open your eyes and dark, abyssmal portal-like eyes stare back. You are taken aback and stumble over a root landing on your rear.  The scaled head is gleaming with rainwater and a toothy grin. The creature nods its head, disturbing her soaked, drooping mane. She trots off and you follow. Sheltering your eyes from the ravaging rains, you leap and bound after the draconic equine until you reach an overgrown outcrop of silver-stained rocks. You hope that is where the creature vanished to and you quickly jump into the shelter of the cave. "Ah, you arrive, Wanderer." A shadow stirs in the darkness and reveals itself to be the creature you followed. "My name is Ombre Melancholia, but you may call me Nefous. I am a Leagus from Lanse'shri". You hear a final roar of thunder and then the rain begins to calm, the tropical storms around here are insane. You shake your head free of water and your gaze falls back upon your rescuer. "Didn't follow the other did you? I think you will have a change of heart before you leave." Nefous smiles half-heartedly revealing an impressive set of teeth. "You better make a run for it now while the weather holds true." She snaps at the air half an inch from your chest and it sends you running in the other direction. You hear eerily beautiful laughter echoing from the cave as you clear the entrance. What a nut, you think and just as you take a step it begins to pour. What luck. A sound echoes from the right of the cave.
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