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Havasu wanted a spot where him doing stupid stuff wouldn’t be noticed. Especially since he hadn’t actually been an active Knight for years now. It was exponentially more dangerous to do so outside of anywhere but Destiny City, and it was stupid dangerous here, so he avoid it and acted like every other normal human. He could have, and actually did a few times, power up on the rare occasions he ended up back at the city for a short time but every time he did it was mostly to visit his home world, he had found real solace in the silence of the wonder. The calming effect of the constant roar of the falls and the sheer feeling of emptiness. He was alone there. No cell phones, no schedules, no obligations, and no meetings. His time was his own. It was a precious commodity, one that he had very little of.

Much like right then. He didn’t have long at all. Just a short hour and a half to ‘see the city and visit friends’ before he inevitably got a call from his personal assistant. The PA kept better time than those science people who made sure everything was set to the same time globally. It was both helpful and annoying.

But that's neither here nor there. Right now Hav only had a limited span of time and he wanted to spend that practicing. Namely practicing with his rope. It was fancy looking but not something he really got a chance to work with before his life imploded and rocketed him onto a vastly different trajectory. So there he was, in a fairy themed park, in a quiet spot with normies far, far, away, swinging the braided object around.

It was a lot harder than it seemed.

Hav was paying attention, he really was. He felt the aura, he knew it was order, chaos had a vastly different feel to them, he just didn’t realize how off the other aura felt until the other fighter stepped out of the darkness just as the knight finished twirling the rope, tied into a lasso for right now, tossing it across the small space at a rock only for it to land lamely in the grass feet from its intended target. “What?” Havasu absently looked up, figuring he would end up having to explain himself to another fighter but gapped in surprise at the figure that was standing there. The ears were not actually all that strange, nor was all the fur… it seemed like a bad idea in the height of summer but one didn’t get to choose what kind of uniform one got, but it was the aura that had him pausing.

It was different. It was still order but…. Not any order he had yet to encounter. “I’m sorry what?” He blinked and focused on what the other was saying, because they were definitely asking him a question. A question he absolutely didn’t hear because he was so gobsmacked by them that he just kind of.. stopped for a second.

They moved… the ears moved! And a tail! They both moved as if it was natural. Could the figure standing there be a guardian cat? But no, their aura didn’t feel like a guardian cat. They honestly felt like a senshi but even then Havasu wasn’t terribly sure. “Because it's needed,” He answered absently, trying to puzzle out the other powered individual.

“Wait, hold on…. What exactly are you?” He asked even as he gathered up his rope. “Not a guardian cat but not a senshi since those ears and tail look real, but your aura is order so what are you? A knight? Can a knight even have a tail?” Hav asked, thoroughly flummoxed by the figure. “I’m Havasu Falls, Knight of Pluto by the way. I’ve been busy with my civilian life and practicing with a rope isn’t exactly normal… or safe outside of this city.” Although there was that one time in Texas where locals thought it would be funny to have the stuffshirts try to lasso a fake calf. He was the only one to get the loop of rope anywhere close to the target.

“Because…” How did one explain that they were thrust upon a position that they were not ready for, given responsibilities that they had never asked for, and realized that they had a lot more people relying on them then they ever wanted. “I had responsibilities as a civilian that… well it took priority.” As much as he wanted to be ‘erasing evil in all forms’ from this world Hav realized that it didn’t take just fighting the negaverse to do good in the world. Sometimes all it took was making people happy. His life wasn’t perfect, far from it, but he was doing what he could to help, at least subtly, make things better, starting with the people that worked for him. There was still far to go but it was a start. It was a start.

Havasu nodded a greeting to Selinur. Senshi? Ok cool- wait! “What? My kind?” His face kind of just had a ‘wha?’ look on it as he tried to understand exactly what the Senshi had said. It wasn’t exactly like knights were rare, hell he knew like four just tangentially related to him. “Um… we're not an endangered species, you know. Have you been living out in the sticks somewhere?” He frowned. Like seriously? Why would this Senshi ask why Hav was returning to the fight if they were so out of it they hadn’t even met a Knight ‘in a long time’.

Something seriously was strange about the other fighter. Between the aura, the furry appendages, and now his statements.

Yeah something was definitely strange, hands down.

Havasu thought he kept a pretty straight face as the, apparently ancient, senshi gave a brief run down on exactly what he was. So Earth wasn’t alone out there… they weren’t the only planet that had current life. Man would the science world go crazy if they only knew half of what knights and senshi knew, they would just die with what Selinur said. Hav held his tongue, even though he had questions out the a** he wanted to ask, until the old, OLD, senshi finished.
“First, this city is lousy with knights so I’m sure you will get to meet more soon given the chance. Second, did your people know who you were? Did they trust you and respect you? Third, have you ever tried to herd cats?” The knight had a feeling that the senshi would have just as many questions for him as he had for the senshi. Personally Hav wanted to know why exactly the senshi came to this planet? What was he hoping to learn?

“Ahhh yeah, that's why then.” Havasu just winced and shrugged when the senshi mentioned that his people knew about his ‘job’. “See, most people in this city have no clue who any of the fighters are unless they are directly related. That's not even factoring in the rest of this country let alone any of the other 194 countries that exist on this planet. And before you even ask, no… the leaders can’t even agree on if Climate Change is real even when it is quite literally killing their people.” It sucked majorly and it was something that Hav had never really thought of before he became CEO, after… he realized just how much bullshit happened in the world. Just how many people focused only on themselves and not on the greater good. And sadly he had to be one of those people, at least to some extent. It was the only way to make sure those that worked for him and with him were able to live and thrive. “Even if there was one government, one ruler, people have a strange tendency to be contrary just to be contrary. They aren't likely to do squats unless they really want to. Much like earth cats, not Mauvians. Although they might be the same to some extent.” The knight paused and contemplated the few mauvians he actually knew versus normal house cats. There were actual similarities but overall they were too intelligent.

“You’ve got to get out more, that's honestly the best thing I can suggest. Maybe brush up on earth history while you're at it because as ideal as it would be to just wipe out the Negaverse, nothing is that simple.” He kind of wondered what the alien senshi, because that is what he was, would think of Little Boy and Fat Man. Human history was littered with atrocities, add magic to the mix and things easily became incomprehensible.

Havasu nodded in agreement when Selinur seemed to grasp what he was trying to explain. Things were not so simple here on Earth as it was, or at least as it had been, on his planet. “Exactly. Like herding cats. Can’t get one person to do what you say let alone the whole world. It’s just not possible.” Boy did Hav know that one. Even as something ‘small’, relatively speaking, as his company encountered such problems. Very few people worked just for the benefit of the company, most were only out to help themselves.

Speaking of only working for themselves. “Yeah. The sad part is most of us know this and yet, those that are causing the biggest problems are not willing to do anything about it because it will cut into their bottom line. It will take time and money, neither of which they want to give up.” Hav had done his best over the last few years to at least direct his company in a more green direction. It wasn’t much but it was something at least.

Selinur’s plan just had Hav shake his head sadly. Like ‘fixing Climate Change’, eradicating chaos was a dream. It was possible but it would take every one of the order fighters working together, fighting in lockstep, to erase the negaverse from their little city. That wasn’t even factoring in the rest of the country, or the world. It was an ideal plan, a dream within a dream really. Order was drowning and most of them were not willing to do what needed to be done in order to survive. This was something that still haunted Havasu to this day. Those that fail to learn from history are doomed to repeat it. “Check out our history and if you're looking for ways to maybe fix your home planet look into the technologies we have that might be useful. That's one thing Earthlings have, we are resourceful little ******** chatter, far enough to make out the noise but not the content, had Hav glancing in that direction. They had to be careful because the negaverse had one hell of a PR team and most civies didn’t like anyone dressed up in strange outfits… unless they too were one of them.