true lab

ENTRY NUMBER 1

*This is it…

*Time to do what the King has asked me to do.

*I will create the power to free us all.

*I will unleash the power of the SOUL.

ENTRY NUMBER 2

*The barrier is locked by SOUL power…

*Unfortunately, this power cannot be recreated artificially.

*SOUL power can only be derived from what was once living.

*So, to create more, we will have to use what we have now…

*The SOULs of monsters.

ENTRY NUMBER 3

*But extracting a SOUL from a living monster would require incredible power…

*Besides being impractical, doing so would instantly destroy the SOUL’s host.

*And, unlike the persistent SOULs of humans…

*The SOULs of most monsters disappear immediately upon death.

*If only I could make a monster’s SOUL last…

ENTRY NUMBER 4

*I’ve been researching humans to see if I can find any info about their SOULS.

*I ended up snooping around the castle…

*And found these weird tapes.

*I don’t feel like ASGORE’s watched them…

*I don’t think he should.

ENTRY NUMBER 5

*I’ve done it.

*Using the blueprints, I’ve extracted it from the human SOULs.

*I believe this is what gives their SOULs the strength to persist after death.

*The will to keep living…

*The resolve to change fate.

*Let’s call this power…

*”Determination”.

ENTRY NUMBER 6

*ASGORE asked everyone outside the city for monsters that had “fallen down.”

*Their bodies came in today.

*They’re still comatose…

*And soon, they’ll all turn into dust.

*But what happens if I inject “determination” into them?

*If their SOULS persist after they perish, then…

*Freedom might be closer than we all thought.

ENTRY NUMBER 7

*We’ll need a vessel to wield the monster SOULs when the time comes.

*After all, a monster cannot absorb the SOULs of other monsters.

*Just as a human cannot absorb a human SOUL…

*So then…

*What about something that’s neither human nor monster?

ENTRY NUMBER 8 :)

*I’ve chosen a candidate.

*I haven’t told ASGORE yet, because I want to surprise him with it…

*In the center of his garden, there’s something special.

*The first golden flower, that grew before all the other ones.

*The flower from the outside world.

*It appeared just before the queen left.

*I wonder…

*What happens when something without a SOUL gains the will to live?

ENTRY NUMBER 9

*things aren’t going well.

*none of the bodies have turned into dust, so I can’t get the SOULs.

*i told the families that i would give them the dust back for the funerals.

*people are starting to ask me what’s happening.

*what do i do?

ENTRY NUMBER 10

*experiments on the vessel are a failure.

*it doesn’t seem to be any different from the control cases.

*whatever.

*they’re a hassle to work with anyway.

*the seeds just stick to you, and won’t let go…

ENTRY NUMBER 11

*now that mettaton’s made it big, he never talks to me anymore.

*… except to ask when i’m going to finish his body.

*but i’m afraid if i finish his body, he won’t need me anymore…

*then we’ll never be friends ever again.

*not to mention, every time i try to work on it, i just get really sweaty...

ENTRY NUMBER 12

*nothing is happening.

*i don’t know what to do.

*i’ll just keep injecting everything with “determination.”

*i want this to work.

ENTRY NUMBER 13

*one of the bodies opened its eyes.

ENTRY NUMBER 14

*Everyone that had fallen down…

*…has woken up.

*They’re all walking around and talking like nothing is wrong.

*I thought they were goners…?

ENTRY NUMBER 15

*Seems like this research was a dead end…

*But at least we got a happy ending out of it…?

*I sent the SOULS and the vessel back to ASGORE.

*And I called all of the families and told them everyone’s alive.

*I’ll send everyone back tomorrow. :)

ENTRY NUMBER 16

*no No NO NO NO NO NO

ENTRY NUMBER 18

*the flower’s gone.

ENTRY NUMBER 19

*the families keep calling me to ask when everyone is coming home.

*what am i supposed to say?

*i don’t even answer the phone anymore.

ENTRY NUMBER 20

*ASGORE left me five messages today.

*four about everyone being angry

*one about this cute teacup he found that looks like me

*thanks asgore.

ENRY NUMBER 21

*i spend all my time at the garbage dump now.

*it’s my element

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—Alphys Speech—

*During my research, I isolated a power I called “determination.”

*I injected it into dying monsters so their SOULs would last after death.

*But the experiment failed.

*You see, unlike human’s, monsters’ bodies don’t have enough…

*Physical matter to take those concentrations of “determination.”

*Their bodies started to meld, and lost what physicality they had.

*Pretty soon, all of the test subjects had melted together into…

*Those.

*Seeing them like this, I knew...

*I couldn’t tell their families about it.

*I couldn’t tell anyone about it.

*No matter how much everyone was asking me.

*And I was too afraid to do any more work, knowing…

*… everything I’d done so far had been such a horrific failure.

*… but now.

*Now, I’ve changed my mind about all this.

*I’m going to tell everyone what I’ve done.

*…

*It’s going to be hard.

*Being honest…

*Believing in myself…

*I’m sure there will be times where I’ll struggle.

*I’m sure there will be times where I screw up again.

*But knowing, deep down, that I have friends to fall back on…

*I know it’ll be a lot easier to stand on my own.

*Thank you.

(Amalgamations walk in)

*Come on, guys.

*It’s time for everyone to go home.

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—Phone Conversation after turning the power back on—

*(It’s a voice you have never heard before.)

*(PLAYER)…

*Are you there?

*It’s been a long time, hasn’t it…?

*But you’ve done well.

*Thanks to you, everything has fallen into place.

*(PLAYER)…

*See you soon.

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Tape 1

*Psssst.

*Gorey, wake up.

*Mmm?

*What is it, dear?

*… err, and why do you have that video camera?

*Shush!

*I want to get your reaction.

*Gorey, dearest.

*What is my favorite vegetable?

*Hmm…

*Carrots, right?

*No no no!

*My favorite vegetable is...

*Eda-MOM-e.

*… get it???

*…

*Go back to bed, dear.

*No no!!

*Not yet!

*Hee hee hee.

*Now, If I were a dog, what breed of dog would I be?

*Hmm… I don’t know, honey.

*What kind of dog would you be?

*I would be…

*A MOMERANIAN.

*Hohoho!

*You sure are excited to have this child.

*You know, if yo keep making jokes like this…

*One day, you could be…

*… a famous MOMedian.

*…

*Well, I am going to bed.

*Hey!

*Come on, Tori!

*That one was funny!

*Hahaha, I know. I am just teasing you.

*Goodnight, dear.

*Goodnight, honey.

*…

*Oh dear, perhaps it is too dark in here for the video to come out…

Tape 2

-(Asriel)

*Okay, (PLAYER), are you ready?

*Do your creepy face!

*AHHHHH!!

*Hee hee hee!

*Oh!

*Wait!

*I had the lens cap on…

*What!?

*You’re not gonna do it again…?

*Come on, quit tricking me!

*Haha!

Tape 3

-(Asriel)

*Howdy, (PLAYER)!

*Smile for the camera!

*Ha, this time I got YOU!

*I left the cap on…

*ON PURPOSE!

*Now you’re smiling for noooo reason!

*Hee hee hee!

*What?

*Oh, yeah. I remember.

*When we tried to make butterscotch pie for Dad, right?

*The recipe asked for cups of butter…

*But we accidentally put in buttercups instead.

*Yeah!

*Those flowers got him really sick.

*I felt so bad.

*We made Mom really upset.

*I should have laughed it off, like you did…

*Um, anyway, where are you going with this?

*Huh?

*Turn off the camera…?

*OK.

Tape 4

-(Asriel)

*I… I don’t like this idea, (PLAYER).

*Wh… what?

*N-no, I’m not…

*… big kids don’t cry.

*Yeah, you’re right.

*No!

*I’d never doubt you, (PLAYER)…

*Never!

*Y… yeah!

*We’ll be strong!

*We’ll free everyone.

*I’ll go get the flowers.

Tape 5

-(Toriel)

*(PLAYER)…

*Can you hear me?

*We want you to wake up…

-(ASGORE)

*(PLAYER)!

*You have to stay determined!

*You can’t give up…

*You are the future of humans and monsters…

-(Asriel)

*…

*Psst… (PLAYER)…

*Please… wake up…

*I don’t like this plan anymore.

*I… I…

*… no, I said…

*I said I’d never doubt you.

*Six, right?

*We just have to get six…