Once again, I do not own -Man. Sorry for the really long wait! Life just caught up on me. Thanks so much to Grell and Madam Red for the edits! Love you guys!

Boredom. I became accustomed to this petty feeling over my next several decades living among the conflicting worlds of humans and Noah. As I had stopped aging, I seemed to be stuck at the stage of trite emotions, and the need to find some new way to get in trouble was ever present. Seeing as I was a Noah and bound to find a way to harm one group or another, I decided not to control my feral instincts to maim and slaughter, but rather to seek out new sources of what I perceived to be entertainment.

Although the Earl was fun to be around in the beginning, he soon became enveloped in the task of honing the skills of the newer Noah who were appearing and building up a large army of Akuma. In light of this, it became a new habit of mine to steal his toy, the talking golem, Lero, and take it on adventures of my choosing, much to the obvious dismay of the umbrella.

Out of the sheer need to find some activity to stave off the utter monotony of my life, I decided one day to follow a few of the Earl's pet Akuma to some irrelevant German town. I had already gathered that this was a place where Innocence was suspected to be hidden. There was no reason for me to be there at all; the Earl had not ordered me to go. He had no suspicions that anything there might be more dangerous than usual, and figured it to be a waste of time for a Noah to attend, but despite this, I decided to go anyway. I figured that it would be fun to screw around with some human minds.

The Akuma were already in place to take control of the Innocence and keep the Exorcists at bay before I arrived. Sadly though, because Akuma are born from the emotional instability of particularly weak humans, it would seem they are just as stupid as them, or possibly even more so. I came into the town only to find them arguing over what to do with some scrawny new Exorcist boy.

Needless to say, I was pissed. How could they forget their assigned duty and goof off like that? It is not hard to find ways to torture Exorcists; an Akuma should just do whatever comes to mind first! Angered that the incompetent Akuma had decided to go after an Exorcist instead of obeying the direct orders of the Earl, I called them off of the white-haired boy that they were about to fool around with. I would have a nice long chat with them later.

For some reason, though, upon looking at him, the boy annoyed me more than he should have. He seemed like one more pest that I would have to deal with. Then again, maybe that would bring some change to the repetitiveness of daily life. He could be fun to mess with! With that, I began to dream up ways I could torment him, and my mood greatly improved.
I started studying the boy's every move. I saw that he was hanging out with two other women, one of which began to make my blood boil as soon as I laid my eyes on her. She wasn't even a woman, just an unsightly young girl! She practically clung to the side of the strange white-haired boy and seemed utterly useless. I began to calculate various ways to torture her as much as possible.

Soon thereafter, I realized that the second woman, not wearing a Black Order uniform, must be involved with the Innocence somehow. Otherwise, there would be no other reason for the Exorcists to be around her. As I was watching the weak Exorcists from above, I noticed time began to swirl around me. I was sitting next to one of the Earl's pet Akuma, and he then piped up with nervous, nearly off-putting respect, "M-m-mistress Road, should we really leave the Exorcists alone? With Innocence as strong as that, is that really a good idea?"

Annoyed by his blatant disregard to my authority, I struck his head hard enough to crack what could be considered a skull of sorts in regards to the Akuma's anatomy. As I licked the poisonous blood seeping from the fracture in his head, I replied with my trademark sickeningly sweet tone, "Let's watch them play the game for us until we get our hands on the Innocence, sound good?"

The Akuma did not bother with a cohesive reply save for the quick nod of what was left of his multi-sided head.
As I watched the Trio of Friends (as I sarcastically called them), I deduced that the older woman, the non-Exorcist, was clumsy and feeble-minded. She would be easy to get information out of. I knew her type all too well. She was the kind of person who tried so hard in every aspect of life yet always seemed to fail miserably. She was the type who would be the most easy to manipulate.

The Trio of Friends soon went to work at a street carnival, which I, of course, sportingly decided to attend. I had not yet physically revealed myself to anyone in the group, so they had no way of knowing my intentions. I would use this opportunity to garner more information out of the weakest of the weaklings.

I set up a scenario in which I could lure the white-haired boy and his stupid, useless lackey of a girl away from the runt of the litter. I knew from quick observation that the boy was the kind of person who would stop at nothing to help another, even if it meant disregarding the obvious signs of a trap and thereby risking his life. Well, I wouldn't cause him to risk his life. At least not yet.

I approached the boy, posing as nothing more than a curious young girl, and asked him about the show he was selling tickets for. Expecting to be disgusted by yet another weak Exorcist playing hero, I was shocked to find myself suddenly dizzied in his presence. It confused me in ways I could not describe. The only other time I had ever felt this sensation was when I first met the other Noah.

I was a bit unsettled near him. It was a feeling so slight and whimsical, I could almost brush it aside, and yet it persisted. He was staring at me with those big, gray eyes, and seemed entirely oblivious to the fact that I could slaughter him in an instant. Was he really so stupid? Weren't exorcists supposed to have some sense of wariness? However, I still found myself interested, almost captivated, by his odd complacency. I nearly felt tempted to ask his name…
I shook my head quickly and disregarded it as a slight imbalance. I must be hungry, I thought to myself. Surely it must be this, for I had not eaten anything since dinner the previous night, except for my lollypop, which I still held in my hand.

Although these thoughts went through my head, I let none of them stray to my face for fear that it might give away my plan, or merely the fact that something was out of place with me, causing the white-haired freak to be on his guard.

Proceeding with the plan I had originally set before my slight distraction, I sent a secret signal to one of the disguised Akuma, who then conspicuously swiped the money right out of the hands of the non-Exorcist woman. I disappeared from the boy's line of sight. He and the annoying girl went after the "thief" while I got a chance to listen from the shadows as the pathetic woman ranted on about her latest failure of the day. I leaned close enough to make out just the words I wanted to hear, "Why does my clock have to be the Innocence?"

I was ecstatic. This was too easy! Gleeful of what I just heard, I casually strolled towards her and cloyingly whispered, "So your clock is the Innocence. How interesting."

With that, I transported her to my dimension, and went to what I knew to be her apartment. With her own blood, I stained the wall with mocking words towards the Exorcists that I had so quickly learned to despise. In a split-second decision, rather than to bring the girl whom I loathed so incredibly deeply into the equation, I decided to leave her out and address a message to only the white-haired boy, who confused me like no other had before him. I wrote:

"Thank you, Exorcist!"

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