Himura's thoughts

---Himura pov---

When I got back to Agartha, I went toward the recreational district to relax. When I reached there, I saw Android 18 drinking in one of the bars I saw. I sat next to her and ordered a drink from the bartender.

Himura: "what are you doing here?" I said with a confused look on my face. "Last time I remember we went to a bar, you told us you couldn't get drunk."

18, stayed silent while downing another glass and filling it with more.

18: "I just wanted to drink away for a lost friend." she said while downing another glass.

Himura: "ah... So you heard what happened to Haruhime on the expedition." I said while slowly drinking my glass of bourbon. "So what happened when Trinity found out about their failed expedition," I said while looking at Android 18, who is downing another glass.

18: "they put a bounty on Joseph's head, of course only the trinity members would actively hunt him down, while the other faction just sat on the side and watched." She drank another glass and continued her story. "The trinity is now in the wrong light for everyone who lives in Agartha, they will think of this faction as egotistical maniacs who wanted to rule the world."

Himura: "thank god we have rules here or all the people will try and hunt down Joseph." I said with a worried look on my face. "At least the Trinity can't hurt his family but just Joseph himself. If they actively did so, they would be branded as criminal organizations that will need to be exterminated."

18: "but it is still worrying that some SCP personnel are from the Trinity faction." she said with a frown on her face. "Even worse is we don't know who they are."

Himura: "how I wish they would scream out loud that they are from Trinity." I said while sighing. "Even our superiors could be part of Trinity."

18, stayed quiet for a while before talking again.

18: "So how's Joseph holding up with Haruhime's death?" she said, full of concern on her face. "And his new daughter... What's the baby's name? I haven't heard of it yet."

Himura: "it's Haru Maiava, and about Joseph… I don't know," I said while having thought of the past few days when he was about to kill himself. "He has at least one reason, not to kill himself; I don't know if that child could give his happiness back, and that baby will always be a reminder for him on what he has lost."

18: "what about Joseph's family? What do they think of Haru? Did they accept her?" she said, full of concern. "I mean, it would be weird that your son, who isn't with anyone, came back with a baby on hand."

Himura: "At first, they were confused as to who is the baby, I told them that the baby is Haruhime's baby sister" is said while taking a drink of the glass. "I used illusion magic on Haru to hide her tail and ears,"

18: "so you told them about Haruhime's death." she said, looking at me with concern.

Himura: "Yes, and no, I told them that Haruhime went missing in her expedition, leaving her baby sister behind, which Joseph decided to take care of himself." I said toward her question. "What about you, how are you holding up?"

18: "Not great if that's what you wanted to hear." she said while grabbing the entire bottle and jugging it. "I don't know what to do to help Joseph at all."

Himura: "Yeah, me too, I couldn't think of a way to stop Joseph from killing himself if it weren't for the child he would have off himself." I said while grabbing another glass. "Hay slow down, will you, I know you don't get drunk, but do find some moderation."

As I was getting drunk off the atmosphere of the place, I remember that 18 is retiring. I turned toward 18 to ask a question.

Himura: "oh, I remembered you saying about retiring from SCP, how that was going on right now." I said with a smile on my face. "I mean is that you can seriously go around calling yourself Android 18 in human society."

18, pause her hand that is holding a glass for a second, before continuing it toward her mouth.

18: "they are giving me a background named Alice Abbot. military engineer helping develop the prosthetics industry, thanks to joseph showing off his Bionic arm on TV when he was on the strange island." she said while asking the waiter for another bottle. "In about a few days, I will move to London to teach robotics class at UCL as a professor."

Himura: "so should I start calling you Alice from now on," I said jokingly at her.

18: "it is up to you. Alice has a nice ring to it." she said toward my joke.

Himura: "then I would like to call you Alice from now on." which made 18 happy. "When are you leaving i'll help you pack up and move."

---End of Himura pov---