Because of his current state, Joshua obviously could not go anywhere to relieve his boredom.

Not that either one of his current guardians would trust him to wander the city bored in the first place, at least unsupervised.

Neku trusted his former partner, but he also acknowledged him as his former, two-time murderer, and so his trust of Joshua as a friend fell behind his mistrust of him as the all-powerful ruler of Shibuya whose flavor of entertainment was watching over a battle-royal of the dead trying to erase each other.

Sanae knew exactly what Josh did when he was completely hard-up for entertainment, and didn't trust him at all when he was bored. The poor barista groaned at the mere memory of having to rebuild the café after the newly-appointed Composer decided to practice his newfound ability to call beams of burning destruction down to earth indoors. Then there was the first time he had gotten busted by the Higher plane because "Sanae...no one TOLD me that recruiting Players from the RG by mass murdering them was ILLEGAL! The game has too few, its BORING!"

Then there were the disturbing weeks soon after Joshua...voluntarily...crossed over to the UG. The newly-dead boy was waiting to begin his Game, quickly got bored of haunting his bullies as a ghost and began testing his temporary immortality by launching himself off of buildings and at one point, decapitating himself. All in the name of Hurry up and select me...dying is no fun if I have to wait in line to play!

Safe to say, Sanae Hanekoma did his very best to avoid the UG when the Composer got incredibly bored. WildKat was mysteriously gone during those times as well, the Barista having hidden it on a wavelength the ash-haired immortal couldn't reach.

"Mister H!" Neku ground out, straining to hold onto what was left of his sanity "You wouldn't happen to have a spare Player Pin on you..."

CAT looked at him and smirked knowingly "He's imprinting again. What did he suggest this time?"

"A fluffy pink feather boa and the bunny hoody"

"Well, I don't Phones, but I can keep his attention while you get your spare one out of your room"

As Neku bolted to retrieve the much-needed tiny mind-sheild, Sanae looked down at the coughing guilty party.

"I can't feel sorry for you, boss. You brought that fit on yourself. Why do you torment your Proxy, J?"

After he was done sputtering from cackling silently to himself at Neku's expense, the Composer sniggered "I was bored. Dear Neku is always so fun to annoy. I am pleased to discover he actually has gotten mentally stronger. He only caved in once, and it was a simple suggestion he was planning on doing anyway, whether I imprinted the idea or not."

"And that was...?"

"To get himself some leftover shoyu Ramen before he passed out on the floor."

"Mmm." Hanekoma said thoughtfully. "So you did have alterior motives for wanting him to dress in Gothic Lolita."

"Honestly, Sanae, if I wanted to annoy my proxy simply for the purpose of annoying him, I would simply raise my Vibe to a level he simply cannot tolerate." Joshua said with a hair flick "It wouldn't be incredibly entertaining though. Teasing him has always been much more fun."

"Be careful, J. Neku could regret taking you in if you don't let up." The wise Angel said, "It's ok to heckle him a little, but I wouldn't overdo it. Try not to get your rear booted to the wolves. You know your chances outside these walls."

Joshua gave him a sour look, though the man knew it wasn't directed at him "Yes, my faithful Producer. I am well aware of the runes you placed around the house. They punished me severely, what more do they want? Honestly!" he threw his hands in the air dramaticly "Pursuing me in the RG to further torment me is awefully petty of them."

"Well, they are rather petty. It's Their nature I suppose." Sanae said "Now, care to tell me what you'd rather be doing right now other thasn plotting new ways to humiliate your proxy?"

"Yeah, enlighten us." Neku snorted, coming back ito the room.

Joshua pouted "You equipped your player pin. Now I have no choice but to think of other ways to take my mind off of my current lack of anywhere to go. How could you, Neku..."

The former emo sniggered "You're creative. Figure it out."

"That requires effort. I'm rather tired of exerting myself today. Your mental state is rather tiring to sift through. I commend you, but I don't do the whole sweating thing, if you remember, my dear, dear partner."

"You are a prick and I hate you" The proxy grumbled under his breath.

Joshua smirked, knowing the opposite to be true. However, all this bantering did little to sooth the itch of boredom creeping up his being. The Composer knew he was a destructive force when he was bored. He couldn't help it, he'd always been that way. His imagination was rampant and he constantly needed stimuli to keep his life...and unlife...as entertaining as possible.

"All right." Neku suddenly broke his train of thought "How about a game of chess?"

The purple eyes went wide, then turned into slits, and a cunning sneer spread across the ashen-haired teen's face.

"Alright Neku." The voice was as sly as a fox "You're on."