There're still a few days until Trazyn and Immotekt are going to be in the cave. Monika decided to use this time to improve some of her ability, more accurately her artistic abilities. Ever since meeting Eden, she saw what she could have become. Someone that's top of society with elegance and respect. Being a soldier is more down to earth but after the merging of the timeline, she's sure that the threat is not going to be as dire as it is right now.
Monika decides to start with painting, after a few hours of working on her 'masterpiece', she decides to show it to Trazyn. At first, it took Trazyn a while to recognize the beings on the canvas. Then after combining deep learning algorithm plus big data insights. Trazyn finally understood the meaning of this work: "You drew… us?" He points at the two human-like figures on the canvas.
"Yep, did you like it?" Monika is glad that Trazyn got her work.
Trazyn's expression didn't change, he just nodded a few times and looked at Monika meaningfully: "Honey… Maybe we should do something else."
"Why? You didn't like it?" She pouts.
If he answers this question directly, either way, he's going to be in trouble: "You know, I saw the rose case stand outside of the house has some new products. Maybe we should try it out?" He then points at Monika's pants: "Your pants seem to be getting loose, look like you are losing weight?" Hes speaking random stuffs to diverse the attention.
Monika knows what Trazyn is doing, she also knows that this painting of hers is more like a doodle than an actual painting. However, seeing Trazyn tried ways to make her feel better. She let out a small grin and is off to buy more rose cakes.
"Traz." Monika looks at Trazyn while eating her rose cake: "Do you think we should let this world's Monika find happiness? Maybe you can share your secret with them…"
"Honey, I want to… but I know that if I tell them about my methods, they will surely try to go to Mirrodin. This is exactly what we are trying to avoid here." Trazyn pats Monika's head: "There are different ways for her to find happiness. But our mission comes first. Also, after the merging of the timeline, she won't even exist anymore."
"What do you mean?" Monika asks.
"Well… after merging the timeline, our world's mind will replace this world's. However, this will be an exception for the ones that have died in our world." Trazyn scratches the back of his head. He intentionally let out this detail before teleporting.
Monika took a deep breath, but she didn't really act out: "I guess there will be sacrifices…" Monika doesn't look happy but she knows that this cannot be helped. However, after knowing about this. She remembered something: "Minka? Are you here?"
No one replied. Something is off, normally Minka would jump out and give a really warm smile. But this time, it's like Minka is not even here anymore. Monika checks the disk of your save drive… It is empty. Monika suddenly entered panic mode: "Traz… Minka is gone… like she's nowhere to be found!"
"Woah, calm down my darling. What do you mean she's gone? Because I am pretty sure she's not 'gone' because of time travel… It's not how hardware works." Trazyn did not take it seriously at all.
"Then where can she be?"
"Well, she's either moved somewhere or you just misread the specifications of your hardwares…"
"You are absolutely right, dad." Minka suddenly appeared behind both of them.
Monika immediately pulls out her sword and Trazyn's staff is glowing a green light: "Who the hell are you?" Monika asks.
"Mom! I am Minka!" Minka spins in an elegant way and tilts her head: "I am back!"
"How is this possible? You are cursed with phyrexian corruption." Trazyn wants to know more.
"Well... Dad... Do you see any sign of phyrexian in this world? And just so happens that the archivist has sent some MINKA units to this timeline." Minka took a deep breath: "Well, I will help."
"What is a Minka unit…?" Monika asks, apparently Nova still hasn't told them about the origin of Minka.
"Strange, I thought the journey in the realm will allow you guys' access to this information…" Minka looked down but then she picked herself up: "Anyways, let's start heading to the cave. I cannot wait to fight some people."
"Wait, Minka. We need to wait for a few days, otherwise we cannot contact Trazyn and Immotekt in one place." Monika explains: "But it is something like a miracle that you are here…"
Minka hugged Monika tightly and picked her up from the ground: "Thanks mom! I know you love me more than dad."
Trazyn however is still very suspicious about the timing when Minka showed up, at this very moment, Nova finally contacted him and told him about fighting against Minka. Trazyn turned and looked at her in a very strange way.
"Dad?" Minka asks because she saw the way Trazyn looked at her. But a smart person like her immediately understood the reasoning behind his look: "Dad, I understand that the timing is weird. But the moment you guys landed in this world, I sensed the bodies that could be occupied by me. So, I took the chance and… here I am."
Everything Minka just said logic wise makes sense, but he still feels like something is off. After all, Orikan once said that Trazyn is the most paranoid individual in the entire galaxy.
"Well? Dear, dad. Aren't you going to give your favorite daughter a nice hug?" Minka reached out her hands.
Trazyn thought about their journey with each other. Minka has always proved to be a brave, smart, kind and good person. Why does he have to feel alarmed when his daughter comes back to her with a miracle? Trazyn finally dropped his guard and also hugged Minka. Mission wise, with Minka they can be sure that they can beat Immotekt the stormlord. After all, the strongest individuals on this planet have been gathered here. It will be tough, but they should overcome this without too much trouble.
Monika remembered something: "Minka… what do you know about the archivist?"
"Oh, you mean my real dad. He's a sad sack that has gone mad. When I left my timeline, the universe was already on the edge of collapse because of his action. He eventually broke the boundary between life and death and the universe suffered his action. So, I left." Minka answered honestly: "He sent out MINKA units to find a pure Monika in a different world to resurrect his wife… But… I never agreed with his plan and idea. This is why I sent you guys to the pristine realm, to find the truth. But from the way you speak, it seems like you two didn't get that far."
After hearing everything Minka has explained, Monika finally calmed down: "Minka… really… how far have you planned…?"
Minka has a smart smirk on her face: "Well… I did plan for many things, however, a huge portion of them relies on you and dad's love. This is why, i always corrected him when he felt… swayed." She turns her head at Trazyn.
"Swayed? No way." Trazyn answered directly.
"See?" Minka winks at Monika: "Honestly, i hate rely on others when it comes to planning… But the moment i saw you two…. I know that i can include you guys in my plan."
"What is your plan?" Trazyn asks
"To make a world where a Minka doesn't have to cry." Minka smiles while having a bit of tears in her eyes.
Seeing this, Monika couldn't help but put her hand on Minka's shoulder: "I will build that world for you… I swear in the name of Terra."
Outside of the supreme command, the other two look like they just woke up from sleeping on the street. They are full of dust because they had to climb out of a collapsed building. When they rang the door, one of the familiar faces came out while looking at them with a serious face: "This is not a place for begging. Leave." Cecilia is holding a cigarette in her hand.
"Look closely…" Nova couldn't speak very loud due to exhaustion.
"Wait… Major?" Cecilia has a smile on her face: "Well, well,well. What kind of hole did you just climb out of?"
"None of your business, we need to meet with Leonard now." Nova is losing her patience.
"We need you to be cleaned up before meeting with anyone." Cecilia then led them to guest quarters: "We will brief you in an hour. Take your time."
The two are looking at each other in the room. A very awkward silence: "You first."
"You are first."
Both of them said it at the same time: "I am older, so you go first." Nova always prefers to be the second one into the shower because everything is already warmed up for her.
Emilia has exactly the same reasoning: "I am younger, so I need to respect my seniors."
"Which means, you will do what I say. Right?" Nova has a smirk on her face.
"I…" Emilia suddenly doesn't know what to say: "Fine…" While waiting for the water to heat up, Emilia sits on the edge of the bathtub. It's freezing while waiting.
Suddenly Nova knocked on the door: "Who the hell said you could take a bath?! Take a quick shower!"
"This witch…." Emilia mutters in discomfort: "Fine!" She said it loudly.
After a quick 10-minute shower, Emilia came out while barely able to dry her hair properly. Nova had a smile on her face then went in.
An hour later, Cecilia is knocking on the door: "What are you two doing? We said the briefing is in an hour. You guys are already ten minutes late."
Emilia opens the door, while looking very guilty: "I am so sorry, but Nova is still in the bathroom..." Emilia knocks on the bathroom door, she suddenly realizes the door is not locked. When she enters, she sees Nova is sleeping in the tub: "Unbelievable…" Emilia takes a glass of water then pours it on Nova's face.
Nova suddenly woke up: "Goodness… How long have I been sleeping for?" Nova immediately got up.
"We are already ten minutes late." Emilia throws some clothes on the counter then closes the door again. When she turns, Cecilia is really close to her. She took a deep breath then looked at Emilia teasingly.
"You must be close to Nova… I have never seen her acting so softly with any human being." Cecilia is about to light up a cigarette. But Emilia pats her down.
"No smoking indoors." She points to the sign on the wall.
"I wrote all the rules here."
"Then you should obey them even more." Emilia is not backing down on principles.
Cecilia lightly nodded her head then headed off: "You guys have ten more minutes, if you are not there. We will kick you two out."
"Well, that was intense." Nova suddenly appeared behind Emilia while wearing a really goofy t-shirt.
"We are about to attend a formal meeting, not a pajama party!" Emilia is fed up with Nova today: "We are on a mission. You-"
Nova covers Emilia's mouth: "You don't have to say more. When we are there, make sure that I will be the one talking." Nova then snaps her finger, she's already in her stealth battle suit. It's just that she turned on the camouflage mode to tease Emilia: "You have a lot to learn, kid. Also, being too uptight makes you an easy target."
"We are the same age." Emilia is not happy about this interaction.
"Yet, you call me aunty." Nova has a smug face.
"Enough of this." Emilia is fed up with this conversation: " You talk like dad."
"I talk like what?" Nova suddenly looked terrifying: "Don't ever compare me with him."
They then arrive at the office of Leonard, as usual he looks condescending as hell: "Hello, dear sister. And…"
"Emilia Terra." Emilia introduced herself.
"Terra? Ah, you must be my future niece." Leonard rather understood the situation very quickly: "So, I guess you guys managed to time travel? Interesting, what can I do for you?"
"We want you to create a world changing event. A type that can cause a deviation in timeline." Nova explains: "This way, we can merge timeline and solve our problems."
Leonard didn't answer straight away, he tapped the table with his pen a few times: "Solve your problems? But what about us? Where will we go?"
Nova can tell this is going nowhere, she takes out his insignia and puts it on the table: "You gave us this."
"I gave you this? Hmmm…" He examines it carefully and places it back on the table: "Do you know what will happen to this world after the merge?"
Nova gulps, this is the question that she's afraid of the most: "Our mind will become one, there will be some differences, but it won't affect individuals too much."
"I see… Anything else?" Leonard doesn't seem to care too much about what they are about to do.
"Do you know anything about the Minka unit?" Emilia suddenly asks.
"What is that?" Leonard still having that stale smirk on his face: "Should I be worrying about it?"
"Nothing… sir, really. I was just wondering whether a person of your status knows anything about this word." Emilia looks a bit depressed but in reality, she's relieved.
"Alright, so, let's talk about the world changing event. My best bet is to literally annihilate an entire city. But I am pretty sure you guys aren't looking for this." Leonard then takes out a folder in his desk drawer: "This file contains continental missile code. Do whatever you want with it. After all, you guys are saving the world. Once you set the target, it will destroy anything you want."
"Whoa…" Emilia took a deep breath: "We did not expect this."
"Well, we are family after all." Leonard gets up from the chair and walks in front of both of them, he puts his hand on Nova's head. But she replied with a pinch on his arm: "Aw. I guess something will never change."
"Indeed, it won't." Nova replied coldly.
The Monika in this world is sitting in her office, she's not happy at all. Who would be, if she knew that her entire future might be disrupted because of the two travelers from the future. The more she thinks about it, the angrier she gets.
Suddenly someone knocked on the door: "Enter." Monika said in a bad tone.
Minka enters while looking charming as usual: "Hi hi!"
"Who the hell are you?" Monika had already pulled out a dagger from under the table.
"I know it's hard to believe but… I am your daughter!" Minka always enjoys this part while meeting with Monika.
"My daughter?" Monika is already unhappy, now they are sending their daughter to further shove their happiness into her face? Thinking about this, Monika gets even angrier: "Leave. I have a mission to prepare."
"Do you want me to help?" Minka winks.
Monika glanced at Minka: "We are going to help an area that was hit by an earthquake. It's not a place for you. Princess." She honestly doesn't like the way Minka dresses.
"I will tag along anyways! You can always use some help." Minka beams with energy.
Minka is right, Monika indeed can use some help: "Fine, but you better be quiet. Because I hate chit chat."
Minka does an 'ok' sign with her fingers. When they are in the car, the only form of interaction they have is eye contact through the front mirror. Minka can just teleport them in the snap of a finger, but she decides not to. This Monika is rather young, and maybe it is good to let her work things out herself.
While in the resting area of the highway, Monika is sipping a cup of coffee: "What is your world like?" She asks. Honestly, Monika feels a bit bad about treating Minka harshly.
"My world?" Minka paused for a few seconds: " It is very similar to this one. Except that we dominated the galaxy."
"That sounds wonderful, the imperial government prevailed then." Monika honestly is a bit jealous.
"I wouldn't say it's a good thing." Minka replied.
Monika stood up and looks at her: "What you just said is considered foul language to the god emperor himself. Retrieve your statement."
Minka let out a sigh, this version of Monika is too uptight about the ideology and stuff, but it should be fun to mess with her a bit: "i am sorry, but from ranking wise. I am a colonel. So, i expect you to act with more respect." Minka has a smirk on her face.
"Tch." Monika looked away: "Yes… Mam." She sat down with a stubborn look on her face.
Minka sits beside Monika and looks at her in a very teasy way: "You know, it is not too bad to love someone from another race or world."
"What are you implying?" Monika asks.
"I am saying that if you love someone, you should go and talk to him. Running away won't help." Minka has a meaningful expression on her face: "You are here because you don't know how to deal with your emotion towards Trazyn."
"Shut up!" Monika stood up and started walking towards the car: "Do not say another word about this or I will throw you out of the car."
"So, mean!" Minka pretends to have a crying face.
Monika might be hard on Minka, but she's still a softy inside. She let out a sigh: "I am sorry… I might have said things a bit too harsh here… Look, it is weird to have someone claim to be your daughter and she's clearly older than you."
"Clearly?!" Minka is upset, her face is pouting like a balloon.
"I…" Realizing she said the wrong thing again, Monika throws a bag of coffee flavored chocolate to the back seat: "Here… I bought it for you. I noticed the way you looked at me while I was drinking coffee."
Minka didn't reply, however, her body automatically opened the box and started eating it. Seeing this, Monika has a more relaxed expression. Maybe having another person around isn't necessarily a bad thing. Maybe… she should be more forward when it comes to Trazyn. Thinking about this, her face is turning pink.
After a few more hours, they arrived. The entire city is in ruins now, there's too many things to do here. Just when Monika doesn't even know where to start. Minka is already moving a stone plate on the ground, in there, there's a family buried underneath. Minka correctly moved a few more wreckage and released dozens more people.
"Angel!" One person called: "By the emperor, you must be a living saint!"
Minka didn't reply, she just smiled warmly while bandaging the wounded. Monika is moving some of the resources to help Minka save more people. After a day of work, they finally managed to be able to rest in a hotel that's undamaged.
"How did you know where the people are?" Monika asks, she's very impressed by Minka today.
Minka points at her head: "Mind reading. I could hear their pain." She let out a sigh: "I honestly don't know whether this is a gift or curse."
"It's an amazing gift!" Monika holds Minka's hands: "You saved dozens of people and you can do more than that!"
The younger Monika has more enthusiasm for helping people compared to the ones she calls mom in this world. Helping her here does bring up perspective. Minka has little doubts, even if the plan works, it will mean that everyone in this world will be replaced. Which includes this younger version of Monika. Surely, she will become what Monika knows in the future. But this very specific moment is irreplaceable. Creating a world where Minka does not have to cry, if it means ending this world's existence…. Is it still worth it?
The more Minka thinks about it, the more she gets annoyed by this question. After seeing Monika falls asleep. Minka teleports to Trazyn, he's seemingly reviewing the spell he is about to work on: "Dad, can I talk to you about something?"
"You know, I always like people who solve problems right off the bat. Now what is your problem?" Trazyn is seemingly in a good mood.
"Are we going to destroy this world while merging?" Minka asks.
"Destroying the world? Not really." Trazyn paused for a moment: "But whoever casts the spell gets to choose who lives or not."
"Wait…Is this why you want to time travel?" Minka doesn't look happy: "You are incredibly selfish."
"How? I am going to erase everyone here, so the people from our reality will be placed upon here. I am a great person as a matter of fact." Trazyn doesn't sound annoyed by her question. With power like that. He can shape the world however he wants. This probably will be the finest collection he will ever get: "You are not going to try to stop me, are you?"
"I…" Minka doesn't know what to say.
"You see, no one has to know besides us two. I didn't even tell Monika about this. This will be our burden from now on. If you want to stop me, go ahead. I will not stop you." Trazyn is very confident about Minka's response. After all, she's not completely good or bad. She's like Trazyn, a person who is also roaming in the realm of gray in morality: "Anything else, dear daughter of mine?"
"I am fine… we are all fine." Minka then disappeared in an instant. She teleported back to Monika of this world.
What Trazyn did not know is that someone had heard this conversation. She has been watching their every move ever since they are here. She planted bugs all over the house, so she could monitor their actions. But now… what she has heard will change the course of the plan or history. Nova leaves the house; she needs a moment so she can clear her head. One of the opportunities to change the course of history is right here. She can tell this message to the supreme command, but this also means that it will cause a deviation that will have a negative effect on the people of this world.
She sits on a cliff looking at the city from afar. If she sticks with the original plan, the world will be known to have Xeno threat. But at least people are unified, and it will not do too much damage. From so far how Minka and Trazyn talk with each other, she is sure that if they want, they can destroy this world within minutes. Nova never drinks, but today's occasion made her take out a small bottle of hard liquor. She can't make any decision about when she is being clear-headed, because the answers are always the same: Stop Trazyn, whatever it takes.
After half of a bottle, she's drunk, the cool wind on the mountain didn't help as well. She called Monika on the phone, and no one answered. She called a few more times, finally Monika on the other side sounded really mad.
"Sis…I have something to-" She hic-uped: "Tell ya."
"Nova… are you drunk? You never drink, what happened?" Monika sounded concerned on the other side.
"Really- it was nothing… Good night." Nova closed the phone, at least it was Nova's voice. Monika puts the phone back in Nova's hand. She closes her voice changer and sits beside her. When Monika first met Nova, she had already tapped into her surveillance channel. Every information that Nova gathered, she heard them as well. This is something she learned after coming back from Mirrodin.
Monika is also thinking about what Trazyn has said. But she's already here, and it's too late to turn back. She doesn't blame Trazyn or anything, it's just she always thought that she could save the world without sacrifice. But… at the end of the day, she is also one of the people that might murder an entire world. Thinking about this, some tears dropped from her eyes. She hugs her knees, the weather isn't too cold or hot, but Monika can feel the chill coming from the deepest part of her soul. She glanced at Nova who's seemingly having a nice drunk dream. She couldn't help but let out a smirk. Once upon a time, she was the one lying on the floor while drunk.
"Monika…" Nova seemingly regained her consciousness: "Do not let others tell you what to do…" She then went back to sleep. Apparently, those words are not for her.
Monika snaps her finger and then pulls out an already built tent from her pocket dimension; she doesn't want Nova to catch a cold. She lit up a small campfire outside the tent. Seeing the fire spark waving alongside the wind, her mind was dragged into memory of the past.
It was the first week after Monika had become the captain due to her exampere work in the battle against chaos. Soon, she was assigned to her first squad mission. When she arrived at the barracks, she could not see any soldiers in the designated area. She panicked a bit, because she thought she was in the wrong place. But when the first soldier came in while looking extremely sloppy, she already could tell what the problem was.
She stood still, until everyone on the list was finally present. This process took 15 minutes. Monika didn't have a clear look of anger on her face, but inside she was furious. She's the type of person that is always disciplined towards herself. If others are not meeting her expectation, well, there will be consequences.
There's twelve people in the squad, four of them are females and the rest are males. The male member is looking at Monika from up and down constantly, this is the first time they have someone so beautiful as their leader. And the female ones are also thinking the same as well. But Monika is not here to talk about their dream and wait for everyone to do their introduction. She's absolutely furious, and she's thinking of a way to give a serious first impression.
"Everyone, i will be your captain for the next elimination mission. You will call me captain Terra. From now on, i will be responsible for you and you will be following me in various missions. Is that clear?"
"Yea"
"Yes."
"Yes! Mam!"
All sorts of noises came out from the squad, she is going to whip them into shape: "Squad, for the first task. You will start running around the open field for 5 circles plus every minute that everyone was late will also be converted into circles. Do we have any questions?"
Everyone has an 'unbelievable' face as their expression, a circle is 800 meters. If they run for 20 circles, they are all going to be half dead. Seeing everyone's reaction, Monika is quite satisfied: "I will be running with all of you. As I said, you will follow my lead." For an enhanced individual, this length of running is really elementary.
They ran until afternoon. Everyone was absolutely exhausted, except of course, Monika. She still looked chipper as ever: "Now, this will be the first lesson for everyone. If anyone is late. The entire squad will suffer the consequences." She paused for a few seconds while looking at everyone: "Have I made myself clear?"
Everyone was too tired to even reply, they all looked at Monika as if wanting to rip her apart. But Monika faced demons worse than them: "HAVE I MADE MYSELF CLEAR?!" She raised her voice, in a way that would shock everyone. No one would expect someone from that look shouted in such a menacing tone.
"Yes. Absolutely." Finally, they all have a unified answer.
Hearing this, she gives out her discounted coupon for the barracks' food stand: "Here, all of you, take a shower and have a nice meal. We will rendez-vous at 5pm."
Everyone looked at each other, this is something new. One of the private stepped forward: "Captain, are you trying to buy us off with mere coupons?"
"I am giving you something, because I decided to give it to you. If you don't want it, then do whatever you want with it." Monika replied.
They then all destroyed the coupons and threw them on the ground: "See you at the briefing cap." They left, but the tension between them was suffocating. They clearly were not happy with how Monika treated them.
Monika managed to keep a straight face at the moment, but the moment she got back to her room, she buried her head under the pillow. She doesn't know what to do with her subordinate. And she has no idea what she has done wrong. If it was up to Monika now, she would do literally everything with them. Being a condescending being among subordinates never works out in a good organization. But back then she had no idea.
She wanted to call Nova but after pausing to think for a few moments, she got rid of that thought. It will be Nova who will do the condescending talk to Monika. She got up, put on her uniform then headed straight to the barracks. She needs this mission to go well and if it will sacrifice Monika's pride, so be it.
When she entered the canteen, she saw immediately her squad circling around the table, seemingly looking very happy while chatting. Monika decides not to engage directly, she needs to wait for the opportunity. She has been in this place for a while now, and the table that the squad took belongs to another squad that are frequent visitors to the canteen.
After ten more minutes, the other squad showed up. They then start quarreling. Seeing this, Monika went directly ahead behind her squad, she needed to listen to the situation first before acting.
"What in the devil's name are you people doing at our table?" One of the tall guys shouted at the private of her squad.
"We were here first, also, there are plenty of tables around." Private Alexandre did not back down.
"I said, this is our table. Get the fuck out." He pushed private Alexandre back.
Just when both squads are about to have a fight. Monika finally stepped in: "Enough. Sergeant, what is going on here?" She asks the guy that pushed his squad mate.
"Your squad member took our seat; did you not tell them about it?" He immediately changed the way he talks when he sees Monika. They have been working together for a while now, from time to time they have a drink or two.
"I did not, because I was doing their entry documents. Sorry for the inconvenience." Monika said in an apologetic tone: "This will not happen again."
"Oh, no. Captain Terra, please. There's no need to make a scene here. We are also sorry to act so violently. It is all good here." They then left for another table.
"Captain, they had no right. Why did you apologize to them?" Private Alex asks.
Monika looks at him in an annoyed way: "Because you did not follow the regulations. Every squad has been assigned to a specific table, and you guys just took the one that you see fit? Just like this morning, every single one of you came in late and acted sloppy." Monika then let out a sigh: "It was my fault anyways; I should've told you guys beforehand." Monika then gives them a small notebook: "This book contains everything regarding this regiment, from court laws to daily unwritten rules. Have a look at it."
Monika then is heading off to buy some food, but one of the squad mates calls her: "Captain, do you want to sit with us?"
Suddenly, Nova's cough brought Monika's mind back to reality. But she doesn't understand why she is thinking about her old squad now. Honestly, if she goes to check the barracks, they definitely are still there. But during the phyrexian war, they all died within the first few hours. She didn't feel partially sad because they were all soldiers. But thinking back on all the time they spent with each other, it was really nostalgic.
Thinking about the past while next to a campfire made Monika feel a little sleepy. Not after long she fell asleep. In her dream, she's having a last drink with her squad before going on their farewell mission. Even the time she had with her squad was really short but… it was still somewhat pleasant to have worked with them. After they knew that they had all perished, she shed a drop of tears after hearing the news.
Back in the hotel "How was the conversation with your sister?" Minka asks, while Monika just turns off her phone.
"Not sure why she called, why aren't you sleeping?" Monika asks.
"Doesn't feel like it." Minka is still thinking about everything Trazyn just told her, it is rather bothering some. But after all, her main reason for time travel is to have fun around different worlds. Just let Trazyn do whatever he wants. Minka has a rather big heart when it comes to events like this. After all, when she was one of the heroes of the imperium. An event like this is rather not as critical as some of the operations that she has had to participate in in her past.
Minka gazed into the stars, her past is something that she does not want to go back to. At one point she could destroy planets with just one thought. She ended civilizations with just a single wave of her hand. But now? She got tired of all of those conquests and pointless crusades of a universe that was doomed from the start. She wants to create something that she would want to see.
Monika decides to join her, after all she understands the feeling of loneliness, she leans outside of the window, stars reflecting into her eyes. Minka couldn't help but let out a gasp. Even Minka has never seen Monika in her innocent self. She's indeed beautiful. Minka thought. Maybe this is what Trazyn saw in Monika the first time they met? Even Minka has never seen her own mother like this.
"How do I look?" Monika puts a strain of her hair on the back of her ear, looking at Minka in a tempting way.
"Dad is so lucky to have ever met you." Minka responded.
Monika giggles, she's still a young girl that's looking forward to a beautiful life ahead. Maybe, it is for the best for Monika to never encounter any of the events later on. Monika puts her hands at the back, looking very timid: "You think Trazyn will ever like me?"
"I am here!" Minka said it loudly: "I am the result of your love with dad!"
Monika changed her mind about Minka, maybe having a daughter that's similar age to her and going on an adventure might be more fun than she anticipated: "What is your real mother like?"
"She's an artist, and she is the most elegant person I have ever known. But I like you better, because you are cuter." Minka answered honestly. It is strange that Minka never said similar things to Monika. Maybe after Monika experiences all of those events, she has changed in such a way that she has lost her innocence as a young green grassed girl.
"That sounds great!" Monika step back and did an elegant ballet spin in the room: "I used to dance, but…" She paused: "Well, there's really nothing to worry about. I like my life now better!" In Monika's voice, Minka could tell the sorrowness hidden inside of her upbearing tone.
Looking at this… Minka starts to have other ideas about how the world changing plan will go…Maybe… out of selfishness, she can create a world where a Minka will truly be happy…