Hi everyone! Sorry about the update being kind of late. I was on a camping trip yesterday and I still ache all over. Here's this week's chapter:

September 15, 170 A.E.

Entry #11

Today we learned about different types of souls. We had just finished our reviews on Friday, so now we are learning new stuff. I think I understand how monster anatomy works now.

Miss Helvetica says that there are many different types of monster souls. The different types are unique in terms of strength of attack, level of magic, and how much damage it can take before it disappears. Some types are exclusive to certain races, but most are just determined by genetics.

Boss monster souls have a very high level of magic. Our attacks are weak on their own, but they are amplified with weapons. I guess that is why Father has his trident and Toriel's mother has her staff. Boss monster souls can take a very large amount of damage before it allows its body to die, and it will persist for over five minutes after death. No one knows why that is, but boss monsters are the only monsters whose souls can exist after death.

Skeleton monsters are descended from humans. A skeleton can be made with a fragment of bone from another skeleton monster and the bones of a human. There has not been a record of a skeleton made this way for a hundred years, though. Skeletons reproduce like all other monsters nowadays.

Miss Helvetica says that because skeletons are descended from humans, they also have a strong soul. Skeleton souls have extremely strong attacks and are able to dodge other attacks, but that is only the case if the skeleton fully means to destroy their opponent. If a skeleton does not mean to kill their opponent, their attacks would deal a lot less damage.

After death, a skeleton's soul would disappear, but their spirit would reside in the souls of other skeletons that remember them.

Human souls are strangely strong. They can only attack with weapons, but their attacks can do a lot of damage. Unlike monsters, humans only have about ten to twenty HP. The more they kill, though, they higher their HP is. Their soul is able to persist forever after they die. They do not usually last that long, though. A human is able to choose to be born into a new body after they die. Sometimes the soul gets absorbed by a monster.

"Why do human souls last after death but monster souls do not?" Toriel asked.

"Scientists think that it's because humans are mostly made of water, while monsters are made of magic," Miss Helvetica explained, "There is a special chemical in a soul that holds a monster's body together. They think that chemical is the same ingredient that allows a human soul to last after death. Humans have physical forms, so their soul doesn't have to use that chemical to keep their body together. This allows them to use that chemical to keep their soul intact after death."

"What is that chemical?" Wingdin asked. Miss Helvetica said that nobody knows.

"We are not even sure that this chemical even exists," she says, "This explanation is just a very popular theory. There is no way to prove that this explanation is true and even if it is, it's most likely impossible to isolate the chemical from the soul."

I like soul studies. It is interesting to learn about all the different traits of souls. Toriel says that it would not be of much use to us. When we grow up, we will be ruling over monsters. I do not think I will ever really need to work with actual souls. Why would a king have any use for souls?

~Asgore

Oh Asgore, if only you knew.

Remember that Dirk Strider and Roxy Lalonde actually had a really sad backstory that not enough people are talking about! (Yes, I will rant to you about these two-or any Homestuck character really-if you PM'ed me.)

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~Pandora