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Aruna waited patiently in the park for the young knight to show up, rocking back on her heels as she zoned out. The long tails of her fuku bow shimmered lightly as they swayed and brushed against her legs, her entire fuku looking decadent since her power up. She knew that it was a responsibility to newly awakened members of her faction to make sure they weren't just drifting, that they had some sort of information given to them and that they weren't just a ball of questions like she was at first. There were so many things that had weighed on her mind before meeting the friends she now had, and she didn't want anyone else to be in the dark like she had been. As she heard footsteps approach, she lifted her hand in a wave and gave a warm smile to Aberdonia. She would answer any question he might have to the best of her abilities, and anything she couldn't, she would make sure to get contact info for him so she could look into it later.

"It's alright. I'm in no rush." Aruna gestured to a bench and took a seat, waiting for Aberdonia to do the same. "That is a... loaded question. But what it boils down to is that there are three factions, Order, which is us, then Negaverse, and Mirror Senshi. Negaverse and Mirror senshi have an alliance, more or less. They're both.... flavors of chaos, from what I understand. And it's mostly a them versus us situation in a cosmic war of good and evil. At least that is the ultra condensed version of it all."

She gave the boy a sympathetic smile. "I know that's a lot to take in, so we can circle back to the whole cosmic war thing later if you want. I won't pretend to have all the answers, but I will answer anything that I am able." She watched him with a quiet, expectant gaze as she waited for his next question.

"Those are Knights. Within our faction, we have Knights and Senshi. Senshi, like ourselves, have our names based off celestial bodies and have more....attack type magic? I suppose? Knights have their names based off their Wonders, which are locations, I believe. So in the case of Celadon of Cybele, for example, Celadon is the name of her Wonder, and she is a knight of Cybele, which is her leader. There are knights of each of the planets, as well as under some high level senshi, to my understanding. Cybele and Ida are two, that I can think of right off." She frowned a bit as she talked it out. "I'm afraid that when it comes to knights, I'm not as knowledgeable as I would like to be. I know that their magic is usually more likely to buff or enhance others rather than be outright offense based, though."

She gave him a small smile to reassure him before continuing. "The Negaverse has a similar faction setting, I believe. There are senshi and then Agents, which would be a much more deadly version of our Knights. Agents often have mineral names, such as General King Faustite, and corrupted senshi are easy to distinguish by their dark bodices and cracks on their chest and forehead." She tapped her chest and forehead respectively as she spoke. "And...usually they have ridiculously long hair, though I'm not sure if that's a fashion statement or dresscode or what." She shrugged and snorted softly at the idea of a dresscode enforced hair length.
 

Aruna listened patiently as the younger senshi spoke, nodding along. "That sounds like a reasonable conclusion, and I could probably ask a few friends who have been at this for a lot longer than I have if that's correct. I think that at least Murikabushi would know? Kerberos probably would too."

At the mention of the danger of the Negaverse, Aruna sighed softly. "Some of them show restraint and some just simply do not care. They are, after all, individual people. Tempesti met one fairly recently. A corrupted senshi called Ako. She... apparently saved her from one of the snow monsters around Christmas time, and she was just a civilian at the time. I have yet to cross paths with Ako but...she seems to be at least one of those who isn't opposed to talking?" She honestly couldn't wrap her head around why the corrupt senshi would save a civilian, but she planned to certainly find out. "As for who to avoid, obviously Faustite, as mentioned before. He's a General King, which is...sort of like the pinnacle of the Negaverse's power. And in addition, he's part youma. And before you ask, no, I don't know exactly how that happens or how that works. Other than the fact he is quite literally on fire and is really strong and has a bad temper, I don't know much about him. But I saw some of what he was capable of. I felt how powerful he was. It was....not a pleasant experience, to say the least. As for anyone else, I've been fortunate enough to not have much of any run-ins with negaverse folk." She rubbed the fresh scar on her arm, the line disappearing under where her glove rested on her elbow. "I dont know the name of the ones I came face to face with, but....just know that anyone with lethal looking weapons and mostly in black is someone you want to avoid. And if you feel like you're overwhelmed or overpowered, the most important thing is to get yourself to safety. No fight is worth your life."

Aruna nodded, sighing softly. She knew there was more to the General King that just the surface level danger, but that wasn't her place to speculate on at the moment. "That honestly sounds about right. Where our fuku have white bodices, corrupt senshi will have black. As for weapons, I haven't really had much experience with them myself but from what I understand, even corrupt senshi don't really have weapons so much. The lethal weapons are more what you would see with Agents."

She nodded, relieved that he sounded sensible and was agreeing to get out of there if he was in danger. "Exactly. Make no mistake, this is a....very dangerous war. It can and has cost people their lives, and somehow I feel that more lives will be lost in the future." She felt bad with the gravity of her words, hoping she didn't scare him too much, but she felt that it was important to stress just how lethal this truly could be.

"Never feel like you're alone though. There will always be people you can reach out to and who will come to your aid." She smiled softly at that, reaching over to lightly squeeze his shoulder.

Placing a gentle hand on his shoulder and giving a light squeeze, Aruna nodded. "The fate of the planet, yes. If Chaos wins, the planet and life within it will be drained of all energy. Chaos has... harmed and destroyed many planets. I don't know much personally of it, but to my knowledge, the Deep Space Senshi, the more alien looking ones that were at the meeting for example like Grieve? Their planets were ravaged by chaos. I only know a small handful of them myself, but... it would be wise to learn from them. Though... perhaps not Grieve." She shuddered lightly at the thought of the loud, yellow woman from the meeting. She had never done well around loud or aggressive people, and she made a note to do her best to not linger near her too much. "Though if you do seek them out to speak of it, tread carefully. They... will have lost everything, I believe. And that is a sort of sadness I couldn't even begin to fathom." Aruna was no stranger to loss and grief, but to imagine it on that sort of scale was beyond her.

"Order, such as we are, stand to preserve the life of and on this planet. And perhaps to restore what was lost on other planets as well. Chaos and the Negaverse want to wipe it clean, I believe. There are those within Chaos that have their own goals, just as there are those within our own ranks who have their own as well. But on a whole, in the Cosmic sense of things, we are 'the good guys', as a friend of mine put it." She seemed thoughtful for a moment before making the decision ultimately to trust him. "If you have questions after this and need to find me, you can come to my work, Puppy Paws. Ask for Halia. And that goes for it you need help too, okay? I keep a pretty good med kit there, and my boss will likely understand if I need to take a very abrupt break." Or at least she figured Keiran would understand.