[Reyoki]

It seemed all too soon that Mimi's alarm clock started playing Corel swing jazz and her day began. She yawned and stretched, grumbling about extreme job requirements and making half-hearted threats to play horrible pranks on Tseng. She shut off her alarm and wandered into the bathroom for a quick shower.

After that, her routine picked up considerably. In no time at all, she was dressed, had eaten a light breakfast, and was climbing the support tower near her apartment up to the Plate. She could still hear her neighbors gossiping about how odd she was for not riding the train like everyone else. She was used to it now after several months, though. Did Kareno take the train? Mimi wondered this as she went through the tunnels in the Plate, kicking away Hedgehog Pies when they got close.

She checked her PHS when she got up onto the Plate where her climbing gear was stored and saw that it was almost five o'clock. That gave her fifteen minutes to get to the building and forty-five minutes to scale it and get to Tseng's office with fresh coffee from the break room for him before the night shift ended and Tseng arrived.