The blue curved up in a vault that regularly darkened to a midnight blue or lightened to a brighter sky blue. The air was crisp and clean, reminding the visitor of mountain ranges far from civilization.
There was also the greenery. He'd had to summon a few dryads and plant spirits, and he suspected some of them had not left. A nice thick forest that provided many trails going out and back and forth. One of which led to this hammock strung between two trees. Because archmagi needed their relaxation too, you know.
Then there were the field of flowers and the hedge. In the center rose his tower.
Some wizards went for impressive towers that thrust hundreds of feet into the sky and made the statement that here was a mage who was formidable. Except other mages usually said the guy with the big tower was trying to prove something or make up for some personal lack. Those kind of towers usually had big impressive names in Elvish or Draconic or some other language.
Ranma's tower had a name in Draconic too. He'd met a couple of dragons and gotten along pretty well with them, at least in his new history. Caesinoposs. Forest of rain. Because that was something he still had to fix among the enchantments he'd used to create this demiplane.
It was raining, except along the path, when he got there. Hardly surprising as it was always raining on his demiplane. He'd got the day/night fixed, and had a hint of seasons added, but he still hadn't gotten around to fixing the weather. A friend had set up a repel water field along the path, but it was on Ranma's "to do" list to fix it so that the rain was sporadic instead of a constant light presence.
The tower itself was merely four stories in height and had a stout waterproof roof. It was fairly simple on the outside, but it was strong dwarven architecture - meant to last a few millenia.
A few modern conveniences, of course, as he could afford them.
An open door let him know ahead of time that someone was home, and he wracked his new memories for the identity before realizing it was:
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