.:Fabrications of the Mind:. [OPEN, READ OOC]

A normal family. That was all he had wished for his entire life. Just a normal family with a loving mother and a stern father. Someone to tell him not to play with knives, and kiss him when he made mistakes.

Instead Taka had grown completely alone and isolated, living within the confines of the military base his entire life. He had been bred from a young age to be a weapon himself. He was swift, fierce, and if you saw his eyes in battle, you would not live to see them ever again. He was also extremely intelligent, his mind as swift as his feet. For all of these attributes, it was probably the reason the boy could turn into a falcon.

Taka was renowned as one of the best weapons master in the entire outfit, because he could wield anything, and make pretty much anything as well. Recently they had told the nineteen year old boy that he was being transferred to take up the post of weapon maker at another outpost.

Such a position was not distasteful to Taka, though he himself preferred the freedom of being a warrior then simply a weapons maker. However, he sincerely doubted they would ever allow him to fight again now that he could efficiently make any weapon known to man, and had invented a few of his own at his tender age.

And so he found himself waiting in what he assumed was the major’s office when someone walked in. It took him a moment before he turned from the scene outside the window. The garden was so beautiful that it was hard for him to turn away, but when he did a new sight took his breath away.

“You are quite beautiful.” He said lightly, the thought that such a comment may have been inappropriate never crossing his mind. Growing up amongst weapons did not make for good teachers in social etiquette.

Taka highly appreciated the blush that adorned the girl’s ivory cheeks. He hadn’t exaggerated when he had spoken, for she was rather striking to him. The question had barely left her mouth before he said lightly,

“I think I’m the new weapons maker here. Though without the major here to verify that I cant be certain of anything.”

His face broke out in a wide grin then. Rather than making him look stupid however, the smile only accentuated his fine features, and his eyes seemed to penetrate through her.

“Oh, my name is Taka by the way.” He added, running his hand through his messy hair.

Taka smiled and walked over to where Kazumi stood. For any normal man, what he was about to do would have never crossed their minds. Especially to a girl they just met. Then again, Taka was vastly unlike any man Kazumi would have ever met.

He stood directly in front of her and said lightly. “Thanks for the information.” Then he did the unthinkable. Though he had just met her, he took her chin in his hand and lifted her gaze to meet his penetrating eyes.

“Don’t look down. Your’s is a face that should never be hidden.” His voice was deep with the seriousness of his words, his eyes boring into hers. It seemed as if he was searching for something within her eyes, some secret that she may be hiding beneath her cool exterior. There was a spark in his eyes, as if he had found what he was looking for. All of sudden all that intensity in his eyes was gone, and replaced with a lazy smile.

He let go of her chin, and walked back over to the window to gaze longingly at the sky. His movements were graceful, almost to the point of obsenity since it was a man that held that grace. As he stared at the window, his hands leaning against the sill, he asked, "So what is your purpose here today?"

Taka nodded slowly as he digested her words. She had been sent here, although after her mission she was probably in need of a rest, for some further assignment. He frowned slightly as the knowledge that he was likely her new assignment processed through his mind. Even here he realized, they would do everything in their power to make sure he remained locked in a cage.

All his life they had made certain that he would never leave the organization. His natural ability with weapons and ingenious creativity when it came to inventing new ways to kill was invaluable to them. As such, freedom was not something that the boy had known, even though his soul longed for freedom more than anything else. When was the last time he had been able to spread his wings and fly in the open sky? He couldn’t even remember anymore.

And now they sent him to new place with a new jailer in tow. Another person to make sure with various excuses and reasoning that he would never see the light of day. Never fly with his wings spread wide. The knowledge burned through him with a fury, and resentment and anger was plain on his face as he stared at the slowly darkening sky.

Suddenly, a thought came to mind, and his face brightened considerably.

“Considering what a lovely day it is, we should enjoy the last bit of it should we not? I’m sure Major Hunt won’t mind considering the length of time we’ve been waiting.” As much as he currently resented the girl before him, he also didn’t want to leave her alone to deal with the Major when he returned to find him gone. If she truly was to be assigned to keep him caged, at least she can say she never left his side.

Taka was disappointed, but he hid it well under the smile. This was the response he was used to. The empty promise that he could go another time, and day after day the promise went unfulfilled. He had hoped that she would have said yes, simply because she would not know the parameters of any kind of bondage on him just yet. After they met with the major that would probably change.

“Of course.” He said in response to her question. He didn’t believe it would ever happen, but that didn’t mean he wouldn’t go with her if it did. He liked to think positively rather than with a negative light. If she did walk with him one day, then he would apologize for ever doubting her. If she didn’t, then at least he wouldn’t be too disappointed.

Either way, there wasn’t much else he could really do now except wait until that damned Major showed up. He really hoped that she was serious when she said that the Major was usually never late to anything. If Taka was always going to have to wait this long he was not going to be happy about it.