Yagiri Namie was a clever woman. She was prepared for the worst, all the time in her life. And we have to admit she must be an expert in it considering the mere fact she works with Orihara Izaya, the satan's alter ego himself. So when trying to imagine just how prepared she can be, think about the worst situations that come with her job.

That's why she has a chemical fluid specifically made for Izaya himself to knock the informant out if everything turns to the worst. She hadn't had to use it... yet.

But let just imagine Izaya as he comes back to the apartment, clearly high from some psychotic experiment - or drug, you may never know - and maybe a little drunk from alcohol and adrenalin as well (don't you dare to question her, she knows what she knows. Izaya is a freak). For this time Namie would say this is definitely the worst combination ever she would have to face. And it's just the base of his mood.

So time to make the situation a little more worse. Maybe he's that high up he suddenly wants to seduce and take to bed his only companion in the apartment, the situation not leaving him any choice so that would be Namie. Or the Dullahan's head on the shelf. But since it's less fun - as he would say in a sing-sang voice that made Namie wishing to be deaf - Namie is the real only option here.

More. He turns his idiot idea to action. Sexual harassment. Or more. She can handle him, if he's just bored or drunk, but when he would be drunk and full with energy and an abnormal desire, she would have real problem. She's only a weak woman after all, cannot stand a chance against a high up, hyperactive monster that can fight and flee from Heiwajima Shizuo himself. Maybe now you get the idea why to have that little doze of actual nerve poison with her all the time.

If you think that was the end of the situation sit back and listen a little bit more.

Since he will obviously expect her to defend herself she cannot use it in the beginning of the story. She have to be really careful. Sometimes this irritating Joker-like person seems to read thoughts as well. If she gives away even the tiniest information about her ultimate weapon she's lost.

How she hates these mind games she's forced into due to her own defending instinct. So she have to do something he would never expect, then she has a little chance to knock him out. So what would he think she would do if he pins her to the wall or couch or desk?

At this point Namie simply did not want to think like Izaya. It's just... Brrrr...
So at this point she would do nothing, and wait until Izaya himself says something about what had he expected.
The rest of it should be easy. . . Should be. She just have to do something irregular or unexpected then use this chance to attack him with the poison and then leave the scene with all her glory. After that call sick for at least a week and hope he was so high up he cannot even remember a thing.

This is how really prepared Yagiri Namie is every single time she walks in her workplace. The twist in this story - as we always have a different end than we imagined - that Orihara Izaya discovered this specific poison made only for him, and replaced it with harmless water with a little paint. Maybe he has a little different image about how would his dear secretary use it against him but for now, he's not really interested testing his idea in reality. Yet.


A.N.: Once I read a little idea where Namie had a syringe prepared just in case she cannot handle Izaya, so I tried to imagine it a little, and play with the options. I want to write the case where Namie actually use this not-so-secret weapon of hers, but it will take a time. Hope you liked it, characters belong to their rightful owner. Maybe this style is different, sorry for that, sometimes I'm serious and dark as Sirius Black, sometimes crazy like the creators of this lovely show. One of my favorite :) Have a nice day :)