(A/N: Unexpected break, but I'm back... gonna try like make 500 words per day from now on)

I wasn't expecting a slow day… but I'm not complaining, just simple Abnormality handling and energy gathering.

And while I was thankful, hectic days go by faster and considering everything that happened a couple of hours ago, I wasn't really happy having to wait hours to help Tiphereth M.

Which had made someone else happy.

That someone being the Abnormality in front of me. Yin, in his fish form, was gently floating around me. While I reached out my hand to rub the top of his head, the fish leaned into it almost eagerly, making me question if he was literally just a child that didn't know how to love things.

Seeing as I had nothing better to do, I got up and started… dancing? With Yin, in a way, it was more like we were weaving in circles, but Yin seemed to like it, and I wasn't about to complain that much.

Like two fish in a pond, we moved in synch, no wasted movements or solitary moments. It was either the two of us or neither.

Then I started moving my arms around as if I was guiding Yin to move, and he did so, eager to follow my lead. He was spinning and twisting through the air without a care in the world, then suddenly spun around me, telling me it was his turn to lead.

Weaving and sliding in circular motions, following the floaty motions of Yin, all of this was natural… well, at least to us, it was.

In the distance, I heard a roar. It wasn't really physical, but I KNEW something had roared in anticipation. Our dance suddenly stopped, and I rubbed the chin of Yin, "Aren't you full of surprises?"

He stared at me, closed his eye and leaned into my temple.

"You are the call, the half that is me accepts you as mediator. Convince what I'm missing, and we will finally be together."

I heard those words inside my head, and I stared in confusion at Yin, who nodded once at me before swimming back and slowly turning into his pendant form once more.

He is telling me to help him reunite with Yang? If I wasn't sure it would end horribly, I would have said yes… but considering he even told me to go for it, it MAY not end as a complete mess.

Because I needed MORE on my plate… ugh…

I'll worry about this later. Yin wasn't moving and that left me a bit disappointed, our little dance was actually kind of fun.

The room flashed green, and I sighed. Time to leave, then.

Once outside, I saw no one in the corridor, everyone is busy with their own Abnormality work… that's to be expected. If I'm being honest, I would be more worried if Jeremy, Amelia and Tiffany were just here.

I leaned my back against a wall and my butterflies pulled my smoking pipe out, been a while since I used this damn thing.

A couple of puffs, and I was a bit more calm.

Thinking of my confrontation with Yesod and Gebura just got on my nerves, I really need to calm down…

...

My head glanced at the door of the fairies, seems like shit's about to go down. I can feel their hunger from here… wasn't Amelia supposed to feed them today...? Then again, in the middle of this kind of work, mistakes are to be expected.

"Fairy Festival has breached… Trigger can handle it anyway..."

Well… Netzach isn't wrong. Compared to the Wolf or King of Greed, the fairies aren't something I'm worried to fight with.

Kicking off the walk, my butterflies handed me my newest weapon, the Magic Bullet. Bolt action rifle in hand, I fell to one knee while taking aim, letting the need to shoot the weapon flow through me…

Aim. There.

I could feel the dark and shadowed figure behind me. Similar to Der's in general aesthetic, shadows that moved like flames and horns at the top of his head, a dangerous smiled plastered on his face.

The bullets… no the Freikugel, came from a devil. Guess getting my own set gave me my own demented and trigger-happy sociopath.

Alright, aim at what I want, and we have a deal.

Agreed. Fire. Away.

I wasn't aiming at any fairy in particular, not even the queen, the barrel of my rifle was just poised in their general direction.

A blue magical circle appeared instead of the usually expected flash from a shot being fired. From it came 7 blue streaks coiled though the air, shooting down all the minor fairies in an instant. No shot went in a straight line, but the queen was still coming.

With a sigh, I jumped over her first swipe, landing on top of her with one hand before using said limb to jump behind her.

The devil manifested once more and pointed at her limbs and wings, like he was tracing how to chop the best parts of an animal.

There. Practice. Fun.

Great, the devil on my shoulder is a sadist… I didn't even aim my gun in her general direction. Rather, I just fired a shot to the roof, various circles appearing around the queen. No blue streak moved in a straight line, it was like a kid just grabbed a pencil and started scribbling at random… but the legs, arms and wings of the queen have been severed with those shots.

She roared in agony and stumbled on the floor, limbless and angry. I approached her with a curious look on my face, but before that, I had a bit of a grouch with my… shoulder devil.

It was too cruel… but then again I had done great acts of violence before, so I had no room to reprimand the literal devil with me.

Here.

He extended a long black limb and, with a clawed finger, touched the middle of the queen's face. I aimed straight at her face while rolling my eyes. This time, the shot came in a straight line, performing through the queen of the fairies and killing her instantly… well, until she comes back.

I glanced over my shoulder, "You have a name?" It was probably a newborn now that I think about it, but it didn't hurt to ask.

Gewehr. Teufel.

… I have no clue what that means, "I'm just going to call you Teuf." I had the distinct feeling Teuf was offended by what I said.

Well too bad, that name is sticking.

"Great… he has a demon now. Good job suppressing Fairy Festival and giving me another reason to fear you."

Was that sarcasm I just heard from Netzach?

Sighing at his words, I was about to lean against the wall again, just to see Amelia staring into my shoulder… well at the torso demon I now have hanging over my shoulder, "Sup?" My casual words made her take a deep gulp of air.

"I'm not going to ask. I'm just… not going to ask." She said, completely drained… a fair response at this point.

Chuckling a bit, I pointed at what will most likely be a child that wants to use it's new toy every chance it can… this time the toy being a magical gun, "This is Teuf. Say hi to Amelia, Teuf." The devil waved at Amelia with a low, ominous and kind of child-like giggle.

Amelia's eyes narrowed, "Fucking… glowing blue eyes, shadowy as hell, horns… did you have a kid with an Abnormality?" I paused.

Looked at the rifle in my hands.

To Teuf.

And then back to Amelia, I shrugged, "Technically?" That was the best answer I could give her. At this moment, her words aren't… wrong? But I think it's more like I manifested an Abnormality through the weapon I have and its story.

I guess every set of bullets will always have their 'Devil' so to speak.

"I… I just said I wouldn't ask, but I did anyway. Life has no meaning, reality is pain." She said plainly, making me punch her shoulder.

"Stop being a drama queen."

"Stop making drama."

"It isn't on purpose."

"That's just worse!"

After that brief exchange, we both let out a small laugh, with so many stressful moments, I really needed something like this. Letting out a plume of smoke from my mouth, I gave Teuf a glance.

It looked with wonder at our interaction, before vanishing in my back… well that's useful and convenient.

"You've been getting the hang of your E.G.O?" I asked for the sake of conversation.

Amelia huffed, "Of course I have. Once you have the right idea, the rest is instinctual… although the hunger that comes afterwards is a pain to put up with. Maybe I'll start eating my enemies…" Was the last part a joke?

Probably? I wouldn't tell her what to do if the going gets rough, "That's… concerning to hear."

She gave me a narrowed stare, "That's just a last resort thing." Good to know.

"I'm not calling you a cannibal, calm down." I said with a straight face.

"Just putting things straight, that's all." She said with a smirk, before vaguely signaling to my shoulder.

"You are the one with… that thing on you now, I should worry about that first." Her worry was almost impossible to notice… but I'm an empath.

Not only that, but I have so many more worries in the back burner. This isn't even that big of a deal anymore, "Your worry is noted~" I drawled out with a cheeky smile.

Amelia gave me a frown, "Asshole, but at least you are getting back into the mood of things." Giving a slight shrug, I nodded to her once.

"Been feeling rejuvenated as of late." Half-truth, I was getting there and then the Enoch shit happened…

Teuf appeared over my shoulder again.

Need. Shot?

Pfff… not now buddy, we'll see about that later.

With that thought he vanished back into my shoulder, I decided to smile at Amelia again, "Is Gonzales eager to be the next one?" She scoffed at me.

"Why the hell would I know that?"

…

That one made me wheeze.

Amelia blushed and gave me an irate look, "The fuck kind of reaction is that!?" Demanded the scarred woman.

"You spend most of your time with the guy! Come on, there is no need to deny you like his company." I said with a shrug. She reacted by punching my shoulder… eh, didn't feel it anyway.

"He is an annoying piece of shit that won't leave me alone!" She exclaimed with a red face.

I coughed in my hand, "Don't you mean… YOUR annoying piece of shit?"

She roared to the sky and ran out with a string of curses, all aimed at my nonexistent bloodline…too bad, I could feel the embarrassment drip from her.

Amelia really needs to learn to be more honest with herself.

I leaned against the wall again, smoking peacefully… and then Teuf appeared again.

When. Shoot. Again?

Eh… give it like another hour. Something is bound to try and kill us.

Good.