True Lab- Entries and Tapes

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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…
*And we’ll do it together, right?