Note: Not cannon to the storyline of Alolatale or the spinoff (this book). This is merely lore stuff revolving around The Man Who Speaks In Hands.

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Before you stands a mysterious being, one of four you will soon come across. You reach for your phone and try to call it yet nothing but a strange sound fills the speakers. It seems you have no choice but to speak to them.

*Alphys might be faster. But before they broke they broke the barrier, there was the old Royal Scientist, Doctor W.D Gaster.

*Well.... one day..... He vanished without a trace.

*They say he was shattered across Ultra Space.

*Ha... Ha... how can I say without fear?

*I'm holding a piece of him right here.

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*it makes sense why Asgore took so long to hire a new Royal Scientist before the barrier was broken.

*After all, her predecessor..... Doctor Gaster. What an act to follow!

*They say he discovered another world and a possible way to freedom.

*However, his life... was cut short.

*One day, he fell into his own discovery and disappeared without a trace.

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*I understand why Asgore was reluctant to hire a new Royal Scientist.

*Our previous one.... Dr. Gaster.

*His brilliance was irreplaceable.

*The Aether Foundation would have found his help to be immenseful.

*If he was still here.... that is....

*His life was...... cut short

*One day, his experiments went wrong, and....

*laughter*

*Well, I needn't gossip.

*After all, it's rude to talk about someone who's always listening....

A L W A Y S....... L I S T E N I N G........

You feel a presence behind you. Without thinking, you run hoping to escape the stranger following you. The darkness is endless but it seems you are losing him.

Up ahead you see some light as you enter what looks to be a marsh of some sorts. The water glows like neon blue lights as you look around.

The grass reminds you of home as you walk into it, but there are no Pokémon. Only a girl with a net.

Whenever she moves her net, this bug scurries straight into it.

She sees you.

"Excuse me.... Yes, you in the.......

Can you do something about your friend...?"

You look confused. All you have with you are your Pokémon and they are in their pokeballs.

"Yes, your friend..... The one behind you, with the creepy smile."

You look behind yourself..... nothing. Yet for a brief moment you swore you saw a hand with a hole in it upon your shoulder.

"Hmmmm? Where'd your friend go?"

You ignore the girl and keep going. She still thinks you are listening as she speaks.

"I'm catching bugs. But the underground doesn't have many....

I keep catching the same one."

She sneezes.

"Tried to catch a big, but I just caught a cold...." You hear as you exit the grass and room, once more in the sea of blackness.

More light up ahead. Once more you enter, you notice a strange grey kid of sorts. They look like a Scraggy with no arms.

You talk to them.

"Have you ever though about a world where everything is exactly the same....

Except you don't exist?

Everything functions perfectly without you?"

You are confused by these words, yet you cannot speak.

"Ha, ha.... The thought terrifies me."

The strange kid looked at an umbrella that wasn't there seconds ago.

"An umbrella...? But it's not raining.

Ha ha...

You know, that does make me feel better about this.

Thank you.

Please just forget about all this..."

The umbrella is gone as you fall into the dark void. Landing in a room with a deformed figure.

"R E D A C T E D"

Is all it says as you try to run.

You end up in a room called "Sound Test"

You play the first track, Happy Town. It's not to bad, sounds like an unfinished song.

Onto the next, Meat Factory. Reminds you of the grinding of Gears like that of the Klink line.

The last one is called Trouble Dingle. To you it sounded like a computer or machine calling for help.

There was one more you didn't see there last time called Gaster's Theme.

You play it, an eery theme fills the void. Deciding to stop the song you try yet it is futile.

Your phone rings. No, you weren't going to pick it up....

You hand grabs it on its own and picks up the call....

A strange noise emits from the phone while a voice speaks.

ENTRY NUMBER SEVENTEEN

DARK DARKER YET DARKER.

In the distance a figure appears. It was black save for what looked like it's head, which was white like a skull.

THE DARKNESS KEEPS GROWING

Your feet betray you as they carry to towards the stranger

THE SHADOWS CUTTING DEEPER

Reaching for your trusty Pokémon, send them out. They are replaced by an indescribable mess much to your horror.

PHOTON READINGS NEGATIVE

You see a strange figure that looks like a mega Gyrados behind the figure who is starting to turn to face you.

THIS NEXT EXPIREMENT SEEMS

VERY

VERY

INTERESTING

It now faces you. The being wears what looks to be a black coat while it's hands appear to have holes in them, too cleanly cut to have been an accident. You look at it's face as it opens it's eyes, scars run along it's eye sockets at two white dots stare back.

WHAT DO YOU THINK?

-Meanwhile-

"Where the hell is that Employee?" Faba grumbled as he tapped his foot. "They're supposed to to be here by now!"

"Who are you talking about Faba?" Wicke asked confused.

"That new guy we hired yesterday. They're supposed to be here with their paperwork."

"Um Faba..... We didn't hire anyone new yesterday." Wicke was concerned "You're just tired Faba. Why not turn in for the night."