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“Because this is a war, if you were faced with one of those ‘Senshi’ trying to kill you or force convert you, brainwash you into their ways, which believe me is entirely possible, then it’s an option you may very much come to value.” His voice was quiet and dark edged like a storm cloud. Something odd and personal lingered behind the words ‘convert’ and ‘brainwash’.

“There are those among them, who wish to ‘save’ us that way, taking away the free will that brought you to US, taking away anything that might lead you to doubt what they say, their cleverly assembled very nearly plausible sounding propaganda that entirely fails to account for any of what I will show you in the Rift, our sanctuary and the once great strong hold of Earth.”

A small pause and his eyes narrowed, gazing out over the roofs of the city, skyward as though he expected to see something, or someone there. “Others, say we are simply not worth even trying to save, less than human, monsters like the Youma that they made possible. Worthy only to be hunted down and killed for sport. I imagine he struts about and brags about how many of us he has fought, and killed.”

He glanced down at the fallen energy sphere and then back to the Hobo, holding out his hand he concentrated just enough to re-create it, never once touching the man it appeared over his hand like a pearl before dropping into the half gloved palm. He offered it to you with a solemn gaze. “Well done, but if you drop them the energy returns to the target. He will sleep this off and feel little the worse for ware, perhaps he’ll feel better for not having soaked his sleep in cheep booze.”

“To date, those whom they have taken became what you will learn to call ‘Knights’.” He said with a small tip of his head to one side, a dark warning look but he did continue. “You loose the will that let you choose this, you join them, believe their ideals in most cases without question. “Imagine, in one of your games if suddenly you had to change… from Horde to Alliance, suddenly being forced to love their Moon queen and believe utterly in all the little lies they tell to keep themselves sane.”

“They don’t see it that way obviously, but they are drooling fanatic about the side they serve.” He curled a lip behind the mask in irritation at the idea. “But for all that they lack unity, small fracturing groups of senshi are more common than anything lasting, but almost all of them, save for a handful I’ve found who have slipped through the cracks at a ‘young’ age in their power ranks are willing to speak for any length of time rather than doing things like trying to set you on fire or drop a meteor on your HEAD.”

“For as peaceful as they say they are, they have seemed far less willing to try and sway us to their side than we are to sway them to ours. I think that alone speaks a great deal. I suppose you could think of them as…” He waved a hand thinking, grasping at terms. “Various levels of randomly generated boss fights, you’ll have to be mindful of your own rank when dealing with them or they will do you serious harm I’m afraid.”

“You’re a lieutenant, so your starting missions are simple, the energy like you just collected, we need that.” He waved his hand to encompass the city as a whole. “This of it as adventure fuel. You need to collect it to keep us working smoothly, it will give you interactions to learn from, and at the same time if you are hurt then it will help you heal, but you’ll need to fulfill quotas, do so consistently and faithfully and you’ll advance. The more you advance the more likely you are to find an area of specialty, be it fighting, taunting, even playing bait… there will be a roll for you, think of it as a specialty class.”

He’d never been so glad to have dallied in the arcades before or listened to prattling about some of those online war games. “Find an area where you can gather energy without being noticed, we do NOT want to be noticed by the general populous, let the senshi gather their media attention, or bring the attention to them but we aren’t here to create a panic.”

A small laugh and a nod “Oh yes, I will be around. You will almost always be able to find me if you can get to the rift and find the War room, if you break the purple crystal you will find yourself able to call on, then it’s likely me who will come to your aid, or one of the General Queens. But believe me, you should not crack that crystal unless it’s an –emergency.” He said firmly. “You’ll be able to give the energy you collect to any general or captain. They can also help guide you, though if you have any points they leave you confused on, please, seek me out.”