Eventually, all three races began to intermingle more as they started to expand and spread throughout the stars along with the other races that grew from their homeworlds as well forming the intergalactic community. Several interstellar nations had grown from there each vying for more control of the stars. Meanwhile, people who were no longer accepted in society came to the outer rim of known galactic space where they settled on habitable worlds. All alone from the power and influence of those they left behind. The world that Augustus called home was Valastarri, The Jewel of the Stars. It was a world that became colonized roughly 20,000 years ago, and his great-grandfather settled on it roughly 5,000 years ago. Augustus himself has wanted to travel the stars and see what else is out there, but his last attempt at traveling the stars with his parents left a deep scar on him mentally. 

Because of his trauma, he has chosen to stay on the planet and never really venture out to any other place, not even in the solar system that he calls home. Because of this, many of the people his age consider him weird. As he never really speaks about what happened; nor does he think anyone would care. He's even more ostracized given his uniqueness. His skin is a red color accented by golden scales with long blonde hair that he keeps in a beautiful French braid. He has two large horns that curve back and then up. He has golden feathered wings and bright red eyes. However he often shapeshifts as his race can to a more human-like form with the only things remaining visible to distinguish him being his long thick reptilian like tail, his pointed ears, and his horns. While shapeshifted into his more human-like form he has dark tan skin and his hair becomes black while his eyes change to gold.

It is in his more human-like form that he usually stays and because of this people find him odd. But then again in his regular form, they also consider him odd; as golden scales are only associated with his specific lineage. This is because Augustus is a member of the Volcanus clan. They are considered royalty on the world that Augustus's great-grandfather came from. 

However here Augustus is no royal, and his family is a rather poor or middle class at best. Augustus himself is barely considered middle class considering the job that he does pays as well enough to support the lifestyle he wants for himself. At the moment he is just looking at the city from the balcony of his two-floor home that he had planned would one day be filled with children of his own. 

However, that dream looks to be now far away with the woman that he loved having left him. He blames himself for it though as he was unwilling to change due to his trauma. She was going to take a new position at her job that would require she travel around the solar system. Being the loyal woman she was, she made sure that she could bring Augustus with her. That way there could never be any potential instance where he might believe she would cheat on him while away since he would be going with her. However, the mere thought of traveling the stars reminded him of his last attempt at doing so causing him to go into a panic attack.

At the end through his fear, he declined her offer to travel the stars together. When she tried to understand more he just locked himself in his room trying to calm himself. Despite her attempts at trying to help, she ultimately decided that he needed to see a therapist about it. He declined and it led to a big heated argument. So she left seeing that he was unwilling to even seek help and he clearly wasn't trying to have her help him.

Now he is single again and absolutely miserable. To say that he regretted not agreeing to go see a therapist was an understatement at this point. However, he knew that he couldn't change it from having happened. What's done is done and he needs to live with it. She's already gone to some other planet, so he can't even try and go after her and convince her to take him back.

All he can do is just sit there petting Cuddles and watching the sunrise over the city of Crowchain. As the sun rose he felt as if the day was going to be interesting. He didn't know why or how but he just had the feeling it would be.

Letting the sun wash away some of his stress he decided to go and take a shower and get ready for the day. He felt that it was only right that he put some food in his stomach, and the best place for him to get some food is at his sister's restaurant a couple blocks down the road.

Making his way down the street Augustus started to move in rhythm to the beat of the city as he heard music playing from all angles messing together to form a sound that was unique to his hometown. Crowchain was a city that Augustus has known all his life and has a love-hate relationship with. Given its location, it can be one of the most beautiful places on the planet, but at the same time, those running the Empire have gradually started making policies that have risen crime drastically in the city. Now it's more common for people to get mugged just walking across the street than it is for everyday citizens to go about their business unhindered by criminals. 

Luckily for Augustus, he doesn't have to worry about such things. Despite his crippling fear of space travel, he has been making steps to work at building up his bravery and confidence again. This is in the form of combat training feeling that if he learned how to defend himself he wouldn't have to fear much.

He has spent about 150 years learning hand-to-hand, melee, and ranged combat. He has developed a fondness for swords of all kinds, firearms, and mixed martial arts boxing. He knows that his family has an innate talent for magic, but he has chosen to not focus on it as much. As he was more convinced to follow a path that made him a jack of all trades. This led to him only becoming a novice in the ways of magic, ki manipulation, psychic manipulation, and spiritual manipulation. 

However despite almost two centuries at this point of learning how to fight and defend himself; he has never gotten over his crushing fear. Every time he hears the mention of space travel he thinks back to the only time he made that journey, and how it almost cost him and his loved ones everything. 

However, all these kinds of thoughts faded from his mind as he approached his sister's quaint little diner restaurant. He looked at the little cutesy sign on the window simply titled, Cinderella's Cosmic Cuisine. Every time he saw it he chuckled as he always thought it was a little over the top. 

Stepping through the door he was greeted with the most amazing smell. It smelled like heaven and sounded like it too. The diner wasn't full but it had more than half the capacity of its customers, and you could hear and see as the food was cooked. Everything looked and smelled delicious. 

Spotting his sister making breakfast for her daughter, Augustus made his way over to the two. Augustus heard the two ladies singing along to the sounds of the music playing on the speakers connected to Cinderella's phone that gave the ambiance to the diner. Both women had lovely voices and he enjoyed hearing them sing together as he approached. 

He smiled and waved to the two of them as they noticed him walking up and then took his seat right next to them. Cinderella asked him concerned that she could see that he had been crying, "Augie what happened? Did you and Penny get into a fight?"

He didn't say a word at first and sat looking down ashamed at himself. Cinderella noticed and realize that was the same look he had the last time he went through a difficult breakup. She immediately started fixing him his favorite tea knowing that might lift his spirits even if it was just a little bit. 

Augustus mustered the courage and answered, "Yeah..... She decided to end things." 

As Cinderella was halfway through making his drink she asked him giving comforting concern to look, "What happened?" She placed one hand on her brother's shoulder.

He explained kind of angry with himself but also depressed that things ended the way that they did, "She got promoted at her job but it required that she would be traveling across the solar system. She only agreed to it with the condition that she would be allowed to bring me along. That way I would never question whether or not she might be meeting up with other guys....... When she told me about it I immediately had a flashback of the last time we were on a spaceship....... The next thing I know I was telling her how happy I was for her but not to bring me with her. She took it as a sign that I was trying to break up with her and when she asked me more about why wouldn't want to travel the solar system I ended up hyperventilating and then ultimately locking myself in the room. From there it just became a conversation between a door that ended with me refusing to see anyone about my trauma, and her deciding that if I didn't want to get help then she couldn't fix me........."

Having been there and experiencing almost the exact same trauma that Augustus did she understands why he is horrified about the idea of traveling through space. She only recently got over it after becoming a mother and wanting to become brave for her daughter. Still, though she gripped her brother's shoulder and as the two of them locked eyes she placed her forehead against his.

Cinderella comforted him warmly, "It's okay Augie. Trust me I still struggle with the same fear. I'm sorry that things didn't work out between the two of you..... But one day you'll find a reason to overcome that fear, and you'll find someone who will be there and be willing to help you when that fear might feel like it will consume you.... I promise."

Augustus was slightly jealous of his sister but kindly and playfully responded, "I wish I could find someone who loves me as much as Jamonos loves you. I guess I'm not as lucky as you.... Yet.... I hope to be someday though." 

Cinderella smiled then gave him his tea before getting to work on making him breakfast along with her daughter. She already knew what he liked to eat for breakfast and she began fixing it.

Augustus, you looked over at what his niece was doing and saw that she was drawing a picture. She had drew and labeled everyone in her family. She wasn't too bad for a girl who was only the equivalent of a 6-year-old for their race despite her being 60 years old by human standards. She saw him look at her drawing and gave him a happy smile.

Augustus ruffled her hair a little and complimented her, "You keep this up young lady and you'll be an expert by the time you're 100." 

She laughed, "Thanks, Uncle August." She showed off the drawing to her mother next and her mother called it cute before patting her on the head. 

Soon though both she and her uncle were busy scarfing down some breakfast. Meanwhile, Cinderella was taking a few pieces of cooked sausage and giving them to Cuddles, who was one of the few animals allowed inside the building because she was an emotional support pet. Cinderella gave cuddles all of the pats and hugs the adorable pokka could ask for.

Not much longer everyone started to notice as thunderclouds began rolling in over the city and it looked like there would be rain. However, when Augustus finally noticed it he watched the sky for a couple of minutes and realized the clouds were forming and moving in rather too quickly to be natural. At first, he thought strange magic was at play but magic on this kind of scale would give off a sense that everyone in town could feel. Instead, he sensed nothing.

This began to concern him so he looked to his sister and niece and said, "I think we should close the diner temporarily, and move to a disaster shelter as soon as possible."

"Why? What do you think is going on Augie," questioned a now worried Cinderella.

Augustus stated from what he had learned over the years, "Clouds like that don't form nearly as fast naturally which means there must be powerful magic... But I don't sense magic at play. Which means something else is going on. Something on a similar scale of power. Even if it just produces a thunderstorm I would rather us move somewhere safe just as a precaution. I'm getting a bad feeling about this is all."

Remembering the last time her brother said something similar was the day that they went on their first and last spaceship travel; Cinderella wasn't sure whether or not to trust her brother's instinct or continue as if nothing was going on. However, things became more solidified when a massive boom could be heard nearby that fractured the glass in her restaurant's windows. Out of fear she instinctively moved to protect her daughter in case the windows shattered. 

She then shouted to everyone in the diner, "We are now closed! Everyone, please grab your things and I suggest heading to a disaster relief shelter!"

From there she quickly grabbed her purse and important belongings and picked up her daughter ready to leave. Augustus look to Cuddles and motioned for them to get ready to go, as Cuddles could sense something was going on as well.