Taka

"Screech!"

- Taka

Taka, occasionally known as Taka Blackquill, is Simon Blackquill's most-trusted friend. He is a very intelligent hawk that in most universes, is the reason Simon gave up smoking, as he didn't want to expose the bird to second-hand smoke. This is why Simon chews on Taka's feathers. He stockpiles feathers when Taka is moulting, so no, the hawk is not abused and does not get his feathers forcibly plucked. It's presumed Taka usually has the ability to visit Simon when he is in prison through a small window.

CAHniverse!
Taka and Simon met when the prosecutor was 19 years old, before his imprisonment. After his conviction, Taka made the District Court his home, and has several hiding places up high for whatever important evidence Simon brings to him. He can retrieve evidence when commanded to "retrieve" and shown an object that looks and/or smells similar to the one Simon is asking for. Not all of Taka's evidence stashes are in the courthouse.

Taka has played Cards Against Humanity before [though Phunkiezero was playing him at the time and not Netkeeper], and the bottle has spun on him during Truth or Dare games. Taka is usually required to do a dare by default. During one game, he was dared to pick up some of Simon's belongings, and retrieved items such as old crayon drawings and music sheets. This was witnessed by The Phantom and gave him an incredibly devious idea.

The Phantom menace
While Simon was in Hickfield Clinic due to being nearly choked by Manfred von Karma, the Phantom took Simon's clothes [under the pretense of laundering them for him] and disguised himself as Simon with the help of his masks and amazing voice impressions. He then went to the District Court to call for Taka, who was very much fooled, and told to "retrieve".

While the first item Taka retrieved was in fact not what the Phantom was looking for, he did eventually get his hands on what he came for -- the psych profile, a document created by Metis Cykes and gave to Simon. It was the only piece of evidence that existed on earth that could tie the Phantom to a true identity, and thus needed to be eliminated.

The psych profile was replaced with the contents of Simon's own profile and replaced, while the original was taken by the Phantom.

Taka takes chase
While Simon was in a hotel room with Bobby "Ossan" Fulbright and Raven Blackquill, Taka was sent out to the Jebri House when Simon was informed of the Phantom being there with Kujaku Fulbright, who Simon needed to get back at all costs. He had no idea who his target was at the time, though, as he was in disguise as Manfred von Karma. When the target was pointed out to him, however, Taka never let the Phantom out of his sight.

Taka was the only one that was able to keep up with the Phantom's speed and tools, being a hawk that can reach diving speeds of nearly 120 mph. When the Phantom tried to retreat down into the sewer, he didn't quite act fast enough and Taka was able to slip through, but the manhole cover hit him harshly and caused several injuries. It knocked the hawk unconscious and the Phantom got away.

Once he woke back up, Taka was left in the care of Casper LeBlanc Jr.

Other/old RPs
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PSL
This time, Taka was absent for a short period of time in the storyline's beginning, as naturally, he had no idea Simon was going to be gone from his prison cell. He did eventually take off to look for Simon, and at five in the morning on Bobby Fulbright's day off, Taka was called to the Blackbright Apartment by Simon's loud whistle; that combined with the hawk's screeching woke the detective up and he was none too happy about it. At first he wasn't too nice to Bobby, and raked his talons across the poor sod's back.

He was usually kept in the guest room, locked in there with Simon, until one morning when Bobby knocks on the door and wakes up a sleeping Blackquill, causing him to jolt awake with alarm, trip over his own waste bucket, crash into the wardrobe, which Taka had been perching on, and barely managed to catch it as it fell on him. All of that chaos stressed Taka out so bad he flew from the wardrobe, over Bobby's head, through the now-open guest room door, and rested atop the fridge while Bobby and Simon tended to the massive mess.

This caused Bobby to almost be late for work, and in his hurry, he forgot to properly close the fishtank. While he was gone and Simon was sleeping in the locked guest room, Taka had free reign of the apartment and did what a predator will do -- he discovered the open fishtank and committed Brutal Fish Murder, eating both Law and Order. And making Bobby cry.

CAUrbFan-niverse
Taka is still Simon's pet hawk, but instead of living in the courthouse, he enjoyed the Blackquill Residence. Before Simon was sent to prison and had several [but not all] of his assets taken away, Taka flew from house to house and hid things.

Gilded Cage
Taka is not part of Gilded Cage. He was left behind when the portal closed, as he wasn't with Simon at the time. This is one of the many reasons Simon's an emotional wreck and eventually breaks his own leg.}}