Loving↓Precision [Monsuta] [Request To Join Only]

Everything was amplified in the silence that stretched between question and answer. Azuma could hear everything in that moment, from his soft breath, to the sound of dew-drops pooling from the tips of leaves. His golden eyes scrutinized every detail of the person before him. His stature was slight, and the twinkle in his eyes were indiscernible in the muted forest gloom. Yet, azuma remained and patiently waited for the answer he was to be given. Why? His organization was crumbling and scattered, it was battered and beaten. It was barely passing the weathering that time inflicted upon it. Something had to change or it would soon not exist anymore. The once proud organization which had caused the world to quake and tremble, had been reduced to such a state.

It was his will, his tenacity, and his own determination that sought him to find Any solution. This was more than a position, this was his friends, his family that lay in the balance of his decisions. The anxiety of not knowing if tomorrow would break up the home that he had fought to protect for so long. The exhaustion of uncertainty, it all weighed on the leader of the monsuta. He didn’t want it to end here.

When he was spoken too, each word he heard was weighed very carefully. The future of his organization arguably would be dependant to an extent on the actions that transpired here, in an unimportant edge of civilization. So when adam said guidance, vision and evolution; the already calm gaze of azuma grew heavy. He was giving the small “boy” his entire attention. Even as the very air was saturated with Adam’s chi, and the world was aglow in golden hues. Azuma hadn’t moved from his spot.

He was deliberating, he was weighing the benefits that could be gleaned from making a gamble with the unknown. Against the detriments it potentially could have for the monsuta organization. It might be the way that adam’s energy lingered in the air, and spoke of something . . More. The way it stimulated and brought unbidden emotions to azuma’s mind that brought him to the conclusion that this might be worth taking the risk on. At the very least the boy known as adam had azuma’s interest, which was a step in the right direction.

Eventually adam spoke of how he wasn’t really known. It was true, azuma other than the information given to him in the letter sent to him; hadn’t really known much of adam. Rather it was this unknown variable that had brought azuma to this meeting. He had to make this decision face to face, both through the lack of information that surrounded adam, and the severity of the situation. Even now after adam spoke, and pitched his case, azuma hadn’t spoken other than the words that he had spoken in the begginning. The reason being he was still figuring out what he was going to say, how he was going to say it.

Normally he wouldn’t care, it would be very easy for him to say his peace and move on, but these days it seemed like he simply didn’t have that luxury. Tangibly the stressors of running an organization wore on him, it weathered him in a way that battle simply could not. Since once upon a time his actions held little consequence, now? That wasn’t the case, his actions would determine the fate of everything that was important to him.

Soon adam got to the end of his speech, what he wished was the resources, the position and the power to acheive the dream that he was working for. He wanted to implement his vision and make it reality. That was what azuma gathered, and he had to admit. The determination that lay behind adam's words stoked the fire within his heart. It allowed him to take that small step between distrust and willingness.

He spanned the gap between them as adam offered his hand. That hand was a test in itself. It was more than simply azuma taking his hand and azuma knew this. It was a way to showcase his willingness, his approval. At first it was these thoughts that caused him to pause, but then he thought about how he had been stagnent for so long. About how because of his anxiety he hadn’t been able to give the monsuta the glory that they deserved. They deserved better.

So it was for them that he took his step, his hand firmly gripping Adam’s own smaller hand, his rough and callused fingers coiling around adam’s smooth skin while his golden eyes looked down at him, a soft sigh leaving his lips as he finally spoke what he wished to in return.

”.I’ll be honest, i am hesitant to trust you. However.”

Azuma paused as he thought about it, why he was willing to go through this even though he still had this very tangible apprehension.

”..I will get nothing done if i twiddle my thumbs wallowing in my own repulsive uncertainty. As well if there’s even the slightest chance that the monsuta will become something more again then i cannot let that chance go by. “

By now his hand gripped Adam’s a little more firmly as he looked down, and he begun to speak his own conditions, his own thoughts on the matter other than simply him accepting their little proposition.
”So, if you aid the monsuta and help it thrive once more, you will get the resources, and the position you need to make things happen. I personally will give you permission to act as you need so long as it doesn’t supersede orders i myself have put in place. “


Then azuma blinked once and finished what he wished to say.

”That being said, i expect results, and not empty words. Evolve the monsuta. Now, show me what you can do.”

Azuma paused and waited to see just what this “evolution” that adam could achieve looked like before they took this any further.