Curtis sat at the table listening to Carson. After what had transpired in the back room it was nice to have a regular conversation, however his mind didn't drift too far from the fog seeping into the cafe. Apparently others hadn't stopped thinking of it as well. Curtis could only sit in surprised silence as Rose suggested knocking on the door, and walked by to try and open it. Luckily it was locked. Curtis has no idea what to do. Rose was very interested in what was going on on the other side. Before long Rose stopped trying and moved on to the ladies room. Curtis directed his attention back to Carson.
"Not a huge coffee fan myself, but I can drink it." his voice wasn't even anymore, it was rising and dropping as if he was on the edge of screaming and running off. "Usually just end up meeting people here, gotta handle my time wisely or else I never end up doing anything. That freezer seems to be a big issue though, look at all that fog. It can't be healthy to inhale that."
Before Curtis could even think of another half-baked excuse Ash burst forth from the back room, heavy fog billowing from the open door.
"Uh, the girl and I were fooling around and kinda kicked the freezer into overdrive," Ash glanced back at the door, not sure why that was his default excuse. The jerking under his shirt resumed as thick muscles squirmed along his chest, Yormie poking her head out of the jacket. "Get back in yo-" Yormie nearly lept from his jacket, falling to the ground with a wet slap. The barista shrieked, Ash sighed, Yormie contently pushed her way along the ground toward one of the new faces, her tongue flicking out to get a good scent of the girl. "Oh," Ash said flatly, looking over at the barista. "Get out, now." He ordered her, the barista about to make a protest when she noticed the flames on his finger tips and shot out of the cafe like a gunshot. "Hope you don't like this place's coffee too much, Cutie," Ash looked toward the girl, who commanded Yormie's complete attention. "Sharade's up, girl. Spill while we all still have time to play this little game." Before she could play the bullshit game like the ice queen, he held up his right hand and formed a ball of fire that rotated in his palm. "Oh, and other guy. I hope you're either special or good at playing dumb. Cause if you aren't, you ain't leavin."
Shit. Just when Curtis thought nothing else could happen today. It wasn't bad enough that Crystal knew about them, but now Rose and Carson. However Yormie was correct about Crystal, so maybe Rose was hiding powers as well. Curtis wasn't whether to strangle Ash for making such a scene or to jump in and try to get some info out of Rose. Eventually one side of the internal argument won. Curtis rose from the seat, allowing more tile from the floor to join him. "Rose, what my brother here is trying to say is that his snake has a nose, err tongue, for sniffing out people like him and I. Right now Yormie is looking really interested in you. We're fairly certain you can do something special. As you can see now you're not alone. So why don't you show us what it is you can do?" Curtis looked back at Carson, "Carson, I'm gonna need you to keep quiet about what's going on here. Okay? And will you help a friend out and close the blinds on the windows before the whole mall knows what's going down?"