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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Masquerade" data-source="post: 2922791" data-attributes="member: 25445">Here's a bit of background:Taka was born to unknown parents somewhere outside of the metropolis of Desticius.  No details are known regarding the first five years of her life, as her records of her real name and origin have not been located.  When she was about five years old, she was sold by a travelling slaver along with several other children to a small-time Destician arena proprietor.  Most children in that position don't live long.  Those who do become legends.  Taka is one such legend.Taka grew up fighting battle after battle with her peers.  Killing was the only subject in which she received education, and she was a straight-A student.  She worked her way through the leagues, eventually being sold to other arena owners.  Even in a city which is home to thousands of warriors, the young girl managed to stand out.  Her incredible agility and acrobatic talents amused the crowd, and she attracted quite a bit of attention.  By the time she was a teenager, she was among the most famous gladiators in the whole city.And that was the only life she had ever known.When she was seventeen years old, Taka was purchased for the last time.  This time her owner was not an arena proprietor, but an independent businessman.  He knew of Taka's abilities to kill, and, in need of a personal assassin, bought the young woman and brought her into his home.  He fed her and gave her a place to stay, but she was never treated much better than a domesticated animal.  Accustomed to such treatment, Taka never complained, but more and more she would question the life she had been raised into.Eliminating target after target on behalf of her patron, her skills only developed further.  Unrestrained by the gladiatorial setting, Taka developed great stealth and learned to kill even more quickly, but she learned much more than that.  Her wealthy owner's butler sympathized with the tormented girl, teaching her to read and to think for herself.  She began to realize what it meant to live a normal life and how to be a real human.She was frightened to leave, but she could no longer stand the empty nonhumanity of her life.  In the middle of the night, with many tears, she fled.  She ran from the manor in which she had lived, and ran, too, from the city which had raised her to be nothing but an animal and a killer.It has been just over a year.  Taka has travelled extensively and spent much time studying.  She has met many people, and is beginning to capture the elements of which she had previously been deprived.But, of course, she is no worse at killing, and she does still have to make a living.</blockquote>

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