Ami stared at her cup of coffee and willed it to change from decaf to regular. Whose idea was it to decaffeinate coffee in the first place? It was like those cigarettes they'd try to sell a while back, the ones without the nicotine. It was like sugar free caramel. It was like cocoa without marshmallows. Coffee without caffeine just totally missed the point of its own existence. So why, then, had Serena's new secretary mistakenly purchased it?
If anyone managed to catch the woman (she'd wisely gone to ground as soon as she'd realized her grave, grave error) she would undoubtedly be subjected to punishment usually reserved only for mass murderers and puppy kickers. Ami herself would love to subject her to a very, very frosty Aqua Rhapsody.
But, diverting thoughts of the painful demise of incompetent underlings aside, the fact was Ami was left at her desk at 8:00 on a Wednesday morning with tons and tons of challenging, interesting work and absolutely no chemical means of motivation. Normally, this would be no problem as Ami typically enjoyed both mornings (once she managed to tear herself away from her bed) and challenging work. Unfortunately, the majority of the previous evening had been spent trying to capture her (psychotic) (ex) boyfriend and return him (bound and beaten) to (the psych ward of) Crystal Tokyo. All this while trying to avoid both whatever youma he had conjured and the local authorities.
Ah, the authorities. She couldn't say that they didn't try. And in a normal situation they would be very efficacious. However, despite sharing the same goals of prevention and detainment of villains, they unfortunately lacked any realistic ability to assist her. The peacekeepers had sparkly gadgets in abundance but, sadly, no magical superpowers. This, coupled with their determination to maim her, turned the generally helpful authorities into giant pains in her ass.
Ami blearily eyed her coffee and decided that, yes, these so-called Generals were going on her shit list. They would be good company for the Decaf Woman.