What do you want from life?
A sense of security would be nice. That's why I joined a gang. It’s a great feeling of family and connection. People can say what they want about us, but I've felt better with these guys than I ever did with my own family.
What parts of loving come easy for you? Hard?
No parts of loving are easy. That’s why I don’t allow myself to go there. What I feel for my boys is more a sense of brotherhood I guess, but love is a weakness.
When you walk into a room, what do you expect people to notice about you?
Typically people first notice my red hair and that’s when the judgments start. I hate the term ginger a lot. It’s such a negative stigma about guys with red hair.
Describe yourself as if someone didn't know you.
I’m someone that doesn't play. You shoot your mouth off to me and you’re gonna get burned, literally. I've never really had friends, so I’m not the friendly type. Good and bad is a fine line with me, and I usually find myself on the other end of bad.
Did you turn out the way you expected? The way your parents predicted?
Considering my old man use to call me a no good, worthless piece of shit, I would say I pretty much turned out just the way he had always predicted. I’m a criminal. He was a drunk. I guess worthlessness runs in the family.
What's the one thing you have always wanted to do? What would happen if you did do it?
Well I have always wanted to try and be on the good side, but it never really works out. I tend to do something stupid, well because I’m me, and get right back into bad habits. I get my station in life, and I guess I’m used to it.
What one physical attribute would you change?
It may sound trivial, but I really don’t like my hair. It’s just not like everyone else. Is there anything wrong with not wanting to stick out?
What's the worst thing you've ever done? Why?
Let’s think: to date I’ve robbed a bank and hurt a lot of cops. Don’t get me wrong, I’ve got no love for the cops. They've never done anything right for me, but all those innocent people at the bank. They looked so afraid.
What's the most important thing in your life? What do you value most?
What is it that you dislike most?
What's the most important thing in your life? What do you value most?
Definitely has to be my clan. Well we call ourselves the Iron Clan. I've never had brothers, but they are definitely the closet to what I’ll ever have. I had to leave home when I was a teenager and never looked back.
What is one strong memory that has stuck with you from childhood? Why is it so powerful and lasting?
When I was a kid I was at home one night with my mom. She was reading to me in the bed. My old man came in drunk off his ass and apparently had a bad day at the factory. He came in, hit my mom, and took the rest of his frustration out on me. Not a bright memory, but definitely one that sticks out the most.
What is it that you dislike most?
Weakness. More importantly, the weakness that stronger people feed off of. Using those weaker people to feel stronger about themselves. I’m not a little boy anymore. I wish someone would try to make me feel weak.
Bio: Ever sine Mason could remember, he didn't people. It stemmed from his abusive childhood. Mason’s father was a drunk. Not only was he drunk, he was an abusive drunk. He constantly smacked his mother around and beat Mason so badly sometimes, he couldn't even go to school. He had few friends because he never really cared enough to make many. He cried himself to sleep so many times he felt he had no tears left. Year after year went by with the same drunken behavior until Mason was big enough to finally fight back. One night, his old man came home after bowling and dinner wasn't exactly what he wanted. He commenced to beating his mother and then started in on him. Mason fought back and ended up putting him in the hospital. That night was the last night he saw his parents. He left right after his eighteenth birthday and never looked back. He was in and out of jail for miscellaneous crimes. He joined small gangs to be part of something that usually never lasted and liked to pick with the college kids in town. When the Morphiius wave hits, Mason will be faced with a decision. Should he leave his pain in the past or embrace his anger and wreak havoc?
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