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Once again the two flew through the void to the next planet, but as they appeared on the other side of the rift Vivid felt a very strange sense of resistance that he hadn't experienced before. When he brought it up to Renzyl he merely put his fingers to his lips and had him remain silent as they walked through the town. It was the dead of night and not many people were out on the streets as they hurried to their destination. Despite the lack of others around it still felt to Vivid like he was being watched, and as he continued to look around he noticed that one of the main features of this particular city was the number of statues that sat as decoration.

Vivid continued to walk quietly along with the rubber dragon until they reached what appeared to be a hotel and stopped at the front gate. "Gonna need you to get us one of their suites," he said as he held out a small stack of bills in a strange currency. "Whatever you do don't act completely surprised by what you see in there, I'm sure that one of his lackeys is probably monitoring this place. I'd tell you what it is, but I do need a bit of shock out of you to sell that you're not from around here, in either case just act natural and you should do fine."

Vivid nodded and took the money from Renzyl's hand and, though he still had questions like why the dragon was hiding and why he was trying to be stealthy, he went into the hotel. The vulpine's eyes scanned the lobby for any sign of danger but didn't seem to see any. The guests looked normal enough, and other than the scantily clad or nude statutes that were scattered about, nothing seemed out of place from any other hotel. As he passed under a small stone archway he looked at the two buff, muscular jackals carved from marble that seemed to guard the place with their heads vigilantly watching the entrance.

When he passed underneath it Vivid once again felt a slight tremor down his spine and the strange feeling someone was watching him. When he turned around he found the pathway empty save for the two statues that stood guarding it. As he looked up at them again; however, he noticed something he hadn't before; one of the canine heads was cocked backwards just enough to make it look like it was watching him out of the corner of his eye. He blinked a few times and stared at it as though it would move again, but when it didn't he wondered if perhaps it was some sort of optical illusion or trick of the senses. Either way he knew Renzyl was waiting and continued forward towards the front desk.

It took a few seconds but finally Vivid found the front desk, the naga behind it typing on a computer before he noticed the fox come up and turned to face him. "Welcome to The Seven Pillars," she said with a warm smile. "My name is Sandra, how may I help you today?"

"Pleasure to meet you, Sandra," Vivid said with a smile, though in the back of his mind he began to wonder what would have caused him to be surprised by the naga. "I need to get a suite for my friend and me for the night, how much would that be?"

She gave Vivid the price and the vulpine looked down at the wad of money he had been given. Thankfully there were still numbers he could read on it and he pulled out the number of bills that he believed should match what the clerk had given him. Once he had finished counting he placed the money into the naga's outstretched hand, and as soon as he touched her skin he made a startling discovery. Her hands were not only cool to the touch but as hard as stone, and as she took the money and began to count it herself he saw that the scales of her body shined with an unnatural luminosity just like Renzyl's rubbery body did. Was this creature some sort of golem, he wondered to himself as he tried not to show his surprise just like Renzyl told him.

"Here's your key," Sandra said as she held out the plastic cards that Vivid began to take, only to find resistance as she looked down at his arms. "Those are some nice bracelets." She commented as she finally let go and let the fox have the key. "Where did you get them?"

"Oh, these?" Vivid said as he looked down at the rubber wristbands. "They're nothing special, a friend gave them to me. Anyway, thanks Sandra!"

Vivid gave the naga an extra bill as a tip before he walked back outside the hotel. When he looked around initially he found the front to be deserted, but a sudden hand on his shoulder caused him to spin around and see Renzyl right behind him. He gave the dragon one of the keys and they moved around to the back door to enter the hotel once again, Renzyl looking around before they walked swiftly up the stairs to the suite level. Neither male talked while they went up, their focus instead getting into the room as they climbed the stairs to get there. Once they were at the right floor and inside their room, Renzyl immediately went over to the windows and closed the curtains.

"So can we talk about the paranoia now?" Vivid asked.

"I suppose we can," Renzyl replied once he went from room to room to make sure that no one else was there. "This planet is Estari II, which is a little further outside my usual trek through the nexus realm. The reason for the cloak and dagger is because this particular area of the city is controlled by one of my brothers who has a love of all things artistic. You probably noticed the statues all over the place, those are all his doing."

"Your brother makes a lot of sculptures..." Vivid commented, Renzyl nodding. "So do you and your brother not get along or something?"

"We get along just fine," Renzyl replied. "But when we're in each other's territories uninvited it's usually because we're up to some sort of shenanigan. I tried to reach out to him and get permission but he didn't return any of my pings, and when we set foot on this planet I could tell he was here. So while you get some rest I'm going to go and try to find him and tell him our plans."

"And just what are our plans?" Vivid asked.

"That's for me to know and for you to find out tomorrow," Renzyl replied with a smirk. "In any case just lay low here, they don't know that you're with me and I'm going to start on the opposite side of town, once they catch a whiff of my essence lurking about they will likely try to come after me. Go ahead and order something with the money I gave you, if I know my brother this shouldn't take too long."

Vivid nodded and watched as Renzyl exited the room, which left him alone once again. He decided to take the dragon up on his offer and ordered several items off the menu, then sat down in front of the rather large television to see what was played in this world. Many of them were shows about arts and crafts, though if what Renzyl said was true it wasn't all that surprising. He flipped through the channels for a few minutes until he heard a knock on the door, his ears twitching when he heard it was room service.

"Well that was quick," he muttered to himself as he grabbed the money from the table. "Guess it pays to be a VIP." When he got there and opened the door he found the two statue jackals from the front door entrance instead, their sudden appearance causing Vivid to stumble backwards and fall to the floor. Before he could say or do anything one of them took the staff he had been holding and pressed it against the fox's shirt and pants, which caused the fabric to turn to turn white and shatter on him.

Before Vivid could even process what had just happened the other jackal statue pressed his staff against the fox's now bare stomach. As soon as the cool metal made contact with his fur it immediately began to melt and harden, turning into the same stone as his clothes. The transformation quickly began to spread out from the point of contact, and when the fox tried to move he found his entire midsection was as heavy as stone. To his surprise as the petrification moved down his legs it completely encapsulated his member, leaving him with a smooth bulge of white stone for his groin as he felt it cascade down his tail and over his thighs.

The jackals continued to look at Vivid with no emotion on their own stone faces as Vivid shouted why they were doing this as he tried to sit up, only to find his back completely stiff. By then the stone had reached past his knees, and even though his toes were still flesh, he could no longer move them despite being able to feel them. His biggest concern was that his chest had completely hardened, and when he reached up with hands to feel it, his shoulders were locked into place. His hands froze as soon as they made contact with his petrified chest and he let out one last gasp before it covered his neck and throat. As he felt the magic creep over his skull and his muzzle begin to harden until it was completely immobile, and finally as it crept over his eyes the last thing he saw was the jackals reaching down to pick him up before he was plunged into darkness...

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When Vivid found himself able to move and see again he quickly spun his head around to try and get his bearings. He found himself in a large warehouse-like space that was empty, save for the statues that had abducted him in the first place, their stone arms crossed against their chest as they stared at him with blank eyes. They surrounded him in a circle and as he looked around for a way out he couldn't find one, and he thought he felt his breathing quicken before he realized that he wasn't breathing at all. For the first time since he regained his senses he looked down at himself and his jaw dropped as he examined his own body for the first time since his kidnapping.

His entire body had been transformed into pure white and glossy stone, save for his pink markings that retained their color. As he pressed his hands against himself it felt like he was touching a statue but could still feel everything as if it was his own skin, and despite the hardness he found he could still move and bend like he could when he had an organic body. Even when he put his fingers in his muzzle he found he could stretch out his lips and mouth without losing the stone-like quality to his new flesh. It appeared that he no longer required any bodily functions, either, as he tried to get his pulse only to find nothing there.

"You are certainly a curious one," a voice from the darkness said as Vivid stopped examining himself to see the source of the voice. "Normally when I capture his minions they're more terrified of what I'm about to do to them. Tell me... what's your name, little one?"

Vivid continued to look around for the source of the voice but found no one other than the statues that continued to stand guard. "My name is Vivid," the fox replied. "Now that I've introduced myself it's only proper you do the same, being my kidnapper and all."

"Fair enough," the voice replied and another stone creature stepped out of the darkness. "My name is Kirdos, and this is my domain." The creature was a statue like the others but this one was made out of obsidian that shined in the single light that hung over their heads. His body type was feline but he had a mixture of spots and stripes that made it hard to identify a particular species, Vivid's best guess was a hybrid of tiger and leopard as he slowly walked towards him.

"Now that introductions are out of the way," Kirdos continued with a grin. "Why don't you go ahead and tell me why a minion of Renzyl's is skulking around the planet that I took so long to cultivate to embrace the beauty and culture of my art? Is it Sivilath trying to figure out what I'm planning to do in order to copy my work, or does my dear brother have far more nefarious designs for this region? If it's the latter I'm going to send you back as a statue with a very clear message that this place is mine."

"I... I really don't know why I'm here," Vivid confessed as he felt the stiffness begin to return to his limbs. "Honest! Renzyl was going to tell me in the morning, but then I got captured before he could say anything."

"So the rubber dragon is actually here himself?" Kirdos replied in slight surprise, but before Vivid could say that Renzyl was looking for him he continued on. "I must say I'm quite surprised, normally we don't make such personal appearances, makes me wonder if we were supposed to find you as a decoy. Guards, go and find wherever he's skulking about while I take care of this intruder."

The other statues nodded and quickly ran off into the darkness, which left Vivid alone with Kirdos who had begun to circle around him. The stone fox was unsure of what to do but suddenly felt very self-conscious, instinctively his hands went to cover his exposed groin before the feline hybrid reached and put them to his sides. When Vivid tried to move them again he found himself unable to as Kirdos got up close and pressed his hands over the fox's body, the sensation strangely satisfying as the creature continued to examine him. Finally after a very thorough feel of his entire body, Kirdos stepped back and nodded, a grin on his face as he snapped his fingers.

"Your body has spoken to me," Kirdos informed him before he turned to a cheetah that had come to him that was made from a black marble. "Chase, could you please go see if Xang is available? I think I finally found a piece that he's going to shine in."

The marble cheetah nodded and ran off into the darkness as well, which left Kirdos to focus on Vivid again. "You certainly made a fine alabaster," the artist purred. "Unfortunately the fox form just isn't going to do, maybe if I had something for a kitsune piece, but the tails would be a nightmare and I would need more models for the idea I would have. Luckily a little bit of sculpting should get you just where I want you, now can you stay still for me while I do this or do I have to freeze you again?"

While Vivid wasn't quite sure what he was in for, he knew better than to mess with someone that seemed to clearly be on par with Renzyl as far as power was concerned, so instead he just nodded his head and resolved himself to do what he was told until he could find an opening or the dragon himself came to save him. Once again the hybrid moved up to him and began to rub against his body, but this time his hands seemed to have far more purpose to them as they drifted up to his head. Despite his need to hold still Vivid couldn't help but shiver as he felt his pointed ears grow slightly rounder before Kirdos moved to his muzzle and molded it into something more feline as well.

Kirdos grinned as Vivid could feel the shape of his skull literally become putty in the artist's hands, his vulpine features disappearing under the skilled fingers until they distinctly resembled something more feline. It was as if the alabaster his body was now composed of softened wherever he touched, and with every alteration he felt the sensation of pleasure accompany it. It was almost as if the loving touch of the sculptor was bringing out his true form, and somewhere deep inside he couldn't be happier about it. As the obsidian creature finished up his head and began to move down his neck the cheetah returned, this time with an onyx eastern dragon following him.

"Just in time," Kirdos said as he instructed the serpentine dragon to stand next to Vivid. The two males eyed each other up, and when the fox got down to the stone cock the dragon was packing, he couldn't help but widen his eyes slightly at it. It was perfectly proportioned, no doubt created that way as he felt Kirdos' hands moved down to his chest. "Let's try to make this as symmetrical as possible..."

Vivid was unsure what Kirdos meant by that until he felt his pectorals swell under his chest, not much, but with enough definition to make it look like he hit the gym every day. When he did the same to his abs he realized that his chest was now the same size as the dragon that stood next to him. The hybrid twirled around the two statues and the fox could feel his back muscles grow, then his arms as those smooth paws slid down the entire length of them all the way down to his fingertips. The same process happened to his legs as the artist's touch thickened them until they were similar to the onyx dragon who continued to stand there.

Just when the fox thought he was done he felt a hand cup his junk while the other pressed against his butt. Normally such a startling reaction would have caused him to jump, but he found himself staying still as a hand kneaded against his erection until it began to harden even more in the hand. When he was fully erect the hand began to tug it outwards, making it grow in size and length as he felt his rear get toned up as well. When Kirdos was done Vivid looked down to see the large alabaster rod that jutted out from his body as the hybrid slid down his tail and turned the vulpine shape into a ropy tiger tail.

"You look wonderful," Kirdos complimented as he looked the two over to make sure they were close to one another in proportion, but as he did a frown slowly grew on his muzzle. "There's something missing here that I can't quite put my finger on... hmm... what could it be?" For at least another minute Vivid stood still as his sculptor once again looked him over until finally Kirdos appeared to have a revelation and pressed his fingers against the pink marking on his face. The tips of the hybrid's fingers turned to the same pink stone, and with a flurry of activity he applied the tiger stripes in pink opal to Vivid's body.

Once he was finished Kirdos led the two living statues to a raised platform of obsidian, instructing Vivid to lie down on his back. The fox did what he was told in an almost instinctual fashion, the thought of disobeying the artist was the farthest thing from his mind as he laid down. The cool glass-like stone pressed against his own alabaster skin and the sensation caused pleasant shivers down his spine. Once he had gotten completely into position the hybrid ordered the onyx eastern dragon to climb on top opposite the tiger. Xang quickly did what he was told and it wasn't long before Vivid had the thick head of the dragon's cock dangling in front of him.

Even though it was clear what the pose was going to be, the two statues still waited until Kirdos told them to take the other into their maws and begin to suck. Xang was quicker than Vivid was and his entire body squirmed slightly from the sudden stimulation before he did the same. The thickness of the member stretched Vivid's new feline muzzle to the limit as the dragon began to lower his hips to get the hard, yet still somewhat flexible cock deeper inside his maw to the point where he could begin to feel it in his throat. It appeared being a statue left him with no gag reflex, though, and to compensate Vivid pushed his own hips upwards to drive more of his cock into the dragon's muzzle as his hands shot up and grabbed his thighs.

"Freeze!" Kirdos shouted and suddenly Vivid couldn't move a muscle anymore. "Alright, very good, just a few more final adjustments..."

The fox tried to shake off the petrification, but whatever magic caused him to remain animated had left him and now he was stuck lying there with a dragon dick halfway down his throat and his own lodged similarly deep in the same creature's muzzle. Kirdos moved over and made some minor adjustments, only the parts of their bodies that he touched able to be adjusted. Despite not being able to move it still felt like he was sucking on the cock of a dragon while the dragon did the same, a loop of pleasure that they were stuck in completely. How long was the leopard-tiger planning on holding them like this, Vivid wondered as the artist stepped back and admired his handiwork, and more importantly, would they even be able to cum, or would they be stuck helpless in a cycle of unyielding lust between two statuesque creatures?

There was a slow clapping from the darkness, and though Vivid was completely frozen in place he could still move his vision to see what was happening. Kirdos had turned around just in time to see Renzyl step into the pool of light, continuing to clap a few more times before he stopped and looked at them with a devilish grin. "I have to say that's one of your better works," Renzyl complimented as he moved close and ran his hands over the dragon's thigh. "I hate to ruin your fun, but I do need to take the fox back."

"You know the rules Renzyl," Kirdos replied as the two squared off. "If I capture one of your minions I get to keep them on display for at least a year. There's no way I'm going to let a high-quality statue such as your fox friend go just like that."

Despite being completely petrified and finding out he might be in this position for a year, Vivid did feel a bit of flattery for being praised by the feline before Renzyl shook his head. "This is actually a very special guest, one that I am giving a tour of some choice worlds because he won one of those contests," Renzyl explained, Kirdos' eyes growing slightly wider. "As you know one of the conditions is that when the time is up he has to go back in the same condition as how we found him. So if you like we can call him up and tell him that you want to break such an agreement just so that you can have your art piece on display, or you can give him back to me so you can show him how a living painting works."

"I, uh, didn't know that," Kirdos backpedaled as he looked at Vivid and Xang and sighed. "Very well, I think I know how I can still keep my piece intact while getting the fox back. Just hold here for a few minutes and I'll retrieve him."

Renzyl crossed his arms and watched as Kirdos moved over to Vivid's position in the sculpture and began to press his hands against the firm stone of his shoulders. At first it felt to the fox like he was pressed against his body, then after a few seconds he felt the hands sink into his body and wrap around something. With his hands clasped around whatever it was Vivid suddenly felt himself get pulled, and for a few seconds he had a warped sense of dual perspectives as his body was pulled from the stone. The alabaster yielded easily and it wasn't long before Vivid was completely pulled out, though before the last of his body left the statue he still could feel the connection to it until said connection was broken.

Vivid found himself able to move under his power once more as he looked down at himself to find his normal furry, albeit still naked, body. When he was certain he was himself again he looked at the sculpture he had been a part of and saw that the tiger was still in the same position as before with the dragon still on top of him. The alabaster stone did seem to have lost a bit of its life, though, and it made him wonder if the dragon could sense that he wasn't there anymore or if he was able to see it. Still, for Vivid it was nice to once more be able to move freely again as Renzyl handed him another set of clothing.

"Well I know you probably had your fill of the art world after that little adventure," Renzyl said with a smirk as Vivid felt himself grin sheepishly. "But if you'll indulge me for a little while longer, I do have the actual gallery that I want to show you. Kirdos, now that we're on the same page, why don't you lead us to where we want to go?"

Kirdos nodded and led the other two out of the room that Vivid had woken up in and was led down a marble-tiled walkway. It turned out that they had taken him, when he was a fox statue, to the museum that the stone hybrid used for his base of operations on the planet, which made walking to their destination much easier. After a few minutes and several flights of stairs they arrived at a grand gallery filled with large paintings, most of them realistic landscapes and many painted with depictions of battles and other such scenes. Though they were well made Vivid wondered why Renzyl wanted to bring him here, especially after they had already looked through the mentalist art gallery.

"This one I'm particularly proud of," Kirdos said as they walked up to one of them that featured a cliff illuminated by a full moon. "It took me a while to get everything just right, but I have to say the work I put into it was well worth it. Would you care to try it out, Vivid?"

Before the fox could ask what that meant he felt a strong pair of hands push him forward, Vivid turning to see Renzyl waving at him before he fell backwards against the painting. As the scene around him suddenly shifted; however, he realized that he had not just tumbled onto the painting, but rather had tumbled through the painting itself, falling onto the soft grass of the cliffs that he had been looking at just a few seconds ago. He could hear the sound of the ocean crashing against the rocks as he slowly stood himself up and looked around, then up at the moon. The air even had the scent of saltwater to it as he looked behind him once more and saw Renzyl and Kirdos waving at him.

"Alright, this is slightly impressive, I'll give him that," Vivid admitted as he knelt down and felt the grass beneath his hands, though as he did he felt the muscles twitch slightly and when he pulled it back he noticed that both were growing bigger than before. "What in the world?" He held up his hands to the moonlight to see the thick claws sprouting from his fingers. As his hands grew more bestial he huffed and felt his muscles began to thicken under the light of the full moon.

When he looked up at the white sphere in the sky his eyes locked onto it and his transformation immediately went into overdrive. He let out a loud roar as he his teeth lengthened into sharp fangs from his new canine muscle as his fur and muscle thickened. The clothes he had been given were not enough to contain him, either, and as his pectorals swelled with new power it caused the shirt to rip down the middle. The same happened to his pants, the arousal from his transformation could no longer be contained and the groin burst out of them to reveal his already-erect canine cock. When he finally was able to tear his eyes away it was because his back grew several extra vertebrae to accompany his new form as Vivid's head was filled with new, more primal instincts.

One of those instincts was to hunt, his new nose sniffing the air as he flexed his thick, clawed hands in the air. He almost immediately picked up the scent of fresh meat and every new muscle in his body exploded with power as he ran down the source of the scent. Eventually he stumbled upon a deer that was all by itself, unaware of its fate as thick ropes of drool dripped down the werewolf Vivid's muzzle. As he ran out for it, though, it bolted with a speed he had not counted on and quickly gave chase. Unknown to him it was one of Renzyl's illusions, one that he chased even when it jumped out of the painting with him following it.

When he jumped out of the painting and was back in the gallery Vivid almost instantly felt his senses return to him, looking at the two of them as he wiped the drool from his muzzle as best he could. Soon after that his body shifted back to normal, as well, and Renzyl handed him another pair of clothes that he could put on. "Do you have time for one more?" Kirdos asked, Renzyl nodding his head before they were led to another painting that showed a giant cave complete with piles of gold and other treasure strewn about. "I don't think I have to tell you where this is going to lead, so why don't you hop right in, Vivid?"

The fox didn't need to be told twice as he leapt through of his own accord this time. His feet hit the cave floor with a loud thud as he looked around at the glittering treasure illuminated by the magical flame. He had two potential ideas of what would happen, the first was that a dragon was about to come out and punish him, likely sexually, for trespassing on his cave. As he started to move towards one of the treasure piles, though, he realized it was going to be the second idea as he felt his feet begin to grow larger.

What did catch Vivid by surprise as he looked down was just how large his feet were growing as his fur seemed to melt together and turn into bright red scales. His hands quickly followed suit as he fell forward from the explosive growth, burying themselves into the pile of gold as he felt his entire body start to expand. When he caught enough of his balance he pulled out his hands again to see that they had completely changed their configuration, the fingers merged together into three, thick-scaled digits as his wrists shifted it into a forepaw. What really shocked Vivid was the size; his skinny arms looked like twigs compared to the huge mitts he now sported.

"Just how big of a dragorrrnn," he started to say before he felt his tongue thicken to fill his entire mouth, his muzzle growing around it as it turned draconic. He fell forward into the treasure as his head grew even larger while his neck grew longer and thicker to match. His muzzle pushed against the gold as he felt his skull push out into a pair of new horns, and for the first time he now realized... gold smelt really good. His new nostrils sucked in another lungful as his torso exploded with growth to compensate for his meaty limbs, tail lengthening and growing scaly as the first thing Vivid did when he could move his forelimbs again was gather up a pile of the gold and rub it against his face.

At this point in his transformation he was at least twenty feet long from tail tip to snout and still growing as the fox-turned-feral-dragon began to rub his body against the pile. Not only did it smell good, Vivid realized as he tried to get some of it to trickle over his scaly form, but it felt amazing! A smile crept across his muzzle as he continued to dive in and out of the treasure like it was a pool, stopping only when a heavy pair of wings unfurled form his back and completed his transformation into the king of his domain. As he looked around with his new reptilian eyes he realized that he didn't have nearly enough though, no... no he needed much more if he wanted to properly fill this cave...

Meanwhile Renzyl just stared at the grinning Kirdos as the feline looked up at the dragon that continued to bask in his wealth. "Really Kirdos..." he said. "You finally make your first draconic painting in a century and that's the transformation you get?"

"You like it?" Kirdos snarked as he held up his hands in a grand gesture. "I call it 'The Personification of Greed'. I think it's going to be a big success."

"That's fine and all," Renzyl replied with a sigh. "But now how do we get a thirty foot dragon out from a hoard he clearly adores?" Kirdos merely scoffed and looked back at the hallway, gesturing for two of his minions to come forward. When Renzyl saw what they were he just put his hand to his head and shook it as they entered the painting.

As Vivid began to count his stash he suddenly felt the presence of two others that entered into his domain, immediately the dragon grabbed a huge pile of the gold and clutched it tight as he scanned the cave for the intruder. "This is my hoard!" Vivid roared. "You hear me!? Mine!"

His raving stopped when he saw what was in the middle of his cave, eyes widening as soon as they saw the two large golden statues that stood there. "You're... perfect..." Vivid cooed as he took his titanic body and began to move towards it. "You're definitely going to be added to my collection."

His happiness quickly turned to surprise; however, as the statues suddenly started to move of their own accord away from him, then anger as he charged down the hill of treasure towards them. Coins, gems, and other things spilled everywhere as Vivid charged to his new prize, only to be outpaced by them as he lumbered forward. His momentum was starting to build; however, and his red eyes looked eagerly down as he made his move to lunge forward and pounce on them. He was so preoccupied with the chase he once again hadn't noticed that they ran straight for the portal that led back into the gallery.

There was a loud crash as Vivid's head and shoulders wedged themselves into the frame, Kirdos and Renzyl looking up as the dragon thrashed around for a few seconds before those programmed instincts were purged from his mind and he looked around rather sheepishly. "Uh... guess I got a little carried away," Vivid's voice boomed as he grinned down sheepishly, this time both brothers chuckling. "I think... I think I may need a little help to get out of this one, though."

This time it was a little harder for Vivid to fit back through the painting portal in his giant dragon form, eventually having to suck in his stomach while Renzyl and Kirdos pulled him through. Finally, despite the frame groaning and threatening to split, he managed to get through, the dragon's body deflated like a balloon and fur once more grew where scales had been. In a short time the dragon was gone and Vivid laid there in its place until the two nexus creatures reached down and helped him up. Once he had gotten dressed from another pair of clothes the rubber dragon gave him Renzyl informed them that their time was up and they should move on to the next destination.

"It was certainly a pleasure meeting you, Vivid," Kirdos said as he shook the vulpine's hand. "Perhaps we'll meet again one day." The fox nodded and Renzyl gave his brother a nod before he waved his hand and opened a portal that showed the scene of a boardwalk on a summer day. They gave one last farewell to the stone hybrid and jumped through, the interdimensional door quickly closing behind them.