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Mason sighed as he followed his sister into the coffee shop. Why he had decided to follow his sister around on errands, he wasn’t sure but here he was, in some silly shop waiting for his sister to get whatever strange drink she was getting. He stifled a yawn, waiting a short distance away. The coffee shop was surprisingly empty for the time of day. He had figured more people would be in there, but he was sure it would pick up soon.

Another yawn was met with Jaysen reappearing at his side and gesturing towards one of the vacant tables outside. He followed without a word, pulling his hoodie a little more securely around him. “What are we supposed to do again?” He asked, dropping his chin into his hand and idly watching as people shuffled by.

His sister shrugged lazily, shooting off a text to some unknown source before sicking her phone in her pocket. Fantastic… So there was no real game plan… The only reason he’d agreed to this in the first place was that he really had nothing better to do. Work was slow and he didn’t have much to fix up around the house. Staying home was pointless. Jaysen kept breaking her way in, no matter how many times he changed the locks.

They both looked up at the sound of her name. A young man stood before them. Blonde, blue eyes.. Mason threw a curious look at his sister, but she seemed to pay him no mind, attention on the other guy. “Alexandre…” She said slowly, almost as if she were surprised to see him in a coffee shop. “So you really do drink something other than tea…” She sounded as if this came as a surprise. Mason just rolled his eyes, head still propped up but said nothing.

“Ah… Alex… You should remember my brother, Mason.” At this, Mason picked his head up, confused. “This is the one from the other night.” She supplied. “Now you’ve met both.. Sort of.” Again she shrugged. Her name was called a second time, this time from the counter. She slid from her spot, offering it to her friend disappearing without so much as another word.

"The one she apparently hasn't tried to kill.." He muttered. "Yet." He nodded slightly in greeting. "That would indeed be me. I apologize if I did not live up to any expectations..."

Mason eyed the smaller man all bundled up. "...Not a fan of this weather I take it?" He said a bit awkwardly. Small talk had never been his forte. Neither was socializing if he were completely honest. This was the first time, in a long time he had spent any time with someone out side a blood relation in a while... And he barely knew the guy.

"So.. Uh... How do you know my sister.. Exactly?" Stupid question. Mason knew that... The more complicated answer to that. "Er.. I guess I mean how did you meet ********. He was horrid at this.

"Shame... Rather like the cold." To a point anyway. If it got too cold in the winter, old wounds gave him issues... There was something almost... clensing about the cold though. Mason couldnt quite put his finger on it.

"If she hasn't tried by now, you're probably in the clear." He could see why she would turn her wrath on their brother.. Ever the favorite. Could do no wrong.

"No.. She doesn't take well to people. Those she deems close enough to be friends are far and few between. You seem to be the only one now. There had been another, but she hasn't spoken of him an a long time." She seemed more reclusive now. Well, more so then her standards went.

"Wait.. You mean one of those things? You guys can just... controll them?" A cup was suddenly shoved in his face, and Mason jerked back with a scowl. "Yes. To a point." She said, before Alex could elaborate further. "Stay away from them. Trust me, you're better off not getting involved with one... or more." Jaysen pulled out her phone again before tossing a glance at Alex. "I need to go. Please don't poison this one. I rather like him..." She muttered, walking off before either could comment.

Mason stared at the cup. He hadn't ordered anything....

"Mmm.." A shame really, Mason thought as he took a sip of whatever mystery drink his sister had stuck under his nose. Snow wasn't bad though, and he didn't really mind rain either. "******** ice though." He muttered. "I ain't doing s**t if I see ice on the ground."

"Safe is one way to put it... Just don't know if that's the word I'd always go with." He said watching his sisters retreating form. ********. He'd have to get back at her for this somehow.

"Guess that makes things mutual. I'm not a big fan of them." Science experiments gone wrong if you ask him. "I have no plans to get anywhere near them, let alone on a first name basis with one." He took another sip of his drink, trying to place what exactly it was. It tasted like Chai, but there was something different about it. "Sounds almost like a pet, but with less free will." Ah... So the Negaverse could make those things huh? Good to note... Guess he knew what his fate was should he ever ******** up enough.

Mason rolled his eyes. Ah yes, Knights. Glorified idiots like the rest of them who all thought they were doing the right thing, always, simply because they were on the "right" side. "Order can be just as reckless and destructive as chaos, if in the wrong hands.." The blonde muttered, looking nowhere in particular.

"It's like you said the other day... Just weeding people out..." To each their own he supposed. He wasn't about to complain about someone who couldn't hack it and ran. He'd done something similar once, but in this case, Mason was determined to never look back. "No point in leading some 'civilian life', when they know who you really are." There was only so much hiding one could do.

Mmm... Youma didn't sound like anything he wanted to be involved with... Or become. "I've heard the same about Ascension." Not that he knew much on it. Just what Jaysen decided to share on the topic. "No offense, but that's not something I plan on doing down the road..." Mason shrugged.

"I guess it depends on who you ask." Chaos would say Order is worse, Order would say Chaos. Everyones opinion was different. "Personally, I don't care either way. As long as I can get the things I need to done, it's all I really care about." Let the rest fight over pointless things. Mason had no... alliegance to anyone in the Negaverse. Yeah he was Chaos but, that didn't mean he was there to make friends.

"That's all you really can do I suppose. Fight for what you believe in. If you chose to leave it to others, or run from it, you have no real say in how things play out. You'd have no right to complain in the end.

Mason rolled his eyes. "Honestly? She probably left cause she's a b***h. She knows I hate... this." He said gesturing to the coffee house around them. "I'm not really what you call... sociable." Mason said flatly. "She only got me out cause I had nothing else to do and she wasn't going to leave my apartment otherwise." The blonde took a sip of his couple his drink, before clearing his throat. "No offense. I'm sure you're a nice guy, this is just... not my forte, if that makes sense." He preferred to keep to himself.

"Seems like its no different from becoming a youma." But that was just his opinion. Perhaps that was why youma accepted the ascended.

"This is probably a dumb thing to say, to you of all people but.. Just because I am one of them, does not mean I am with them. The same could even be applied to you, I guess." Just cause they were on the same side, didn't make them allies. "My loyalty is geared more towards the person, I suppose, rather then the cause. I've been a team player before, it didn't work out for me." So he stuck to his guns. "That doesn't mean though, I won't work with them, if it means accomplishing what I need to." Though, he wouldn't hesitate to cast someone aside if they got in his way. "I am no traitor though. Not where it counts."

He snorted, somewhat playfully. "I dunno.. Jay seems to be pretty emotionless. Don't know if I would lump her in with them though, probably wouldn't end well." For who, was undecided.

"As most ex's do. They're right, you're wrong. They're way or the highway." He shrugged again. "Best to just avoid those."

"If I may be so bold, uh... Alexandre." What was he supposed to actually call this man in public? Did rank still apply? "I wouldn't exactly call... selling your soul to cause dedication. Obsessive, maybe but..." He made a face, thinking about it. "The Ascended, you say they lose their humanity and emotions, yes? They essentially lose what makes them them." Less human. "In all actuality, how does that make them any different from youma, if I may ask. At that point they're no more than a slave to something they believe in." The blonde waved a hand towards the smaller blonde before him. "But on the other hand, lets say, y-er... Uh. Ben..." Oh god end him now. "Ben has given years towards this fight, you said right? He's tried a few things. Made a few mistakes, but learned from them. He's climbed the ranks, but hasn't had to lose himself in the process. He is still him. Ben is still... human."

Mason shrugged. "I suppose it's fortunate then, that I have not gotten acquainted with many others. Again, I prefer to keep to myself." He supposed that was a bad thing in the long run but, at the moment, he didn't exactly care.

Mason fixed Alex with a confused stare.

This man had *horrible* dating sense. "Uh... Isn't... Isn't dating a plain civilian in this case a bad thing? If you made enemies, and they found out. They have no way of defending themselves." He wasn't even going to *touch* the psycho topic. "And... my place is probably the last place I would be calling any "team" members over to... No offense." Just cause he worked with these people didn't mean he wanted to see them outside of it... Or for them to know where he lived. "Katya being.. Like Iolite, I presume?"