Hildatale

Part 7- Hilda and the Monster Kid

Hilda continues through the caves that are Waterfall. It appears that there are puzzles here too, so she arranges water lilies to form a bridge across multiple rivers.

Ring...

Hilda pulls out the cell phone and answers it.

PAPYRUS- HELLO! THIS IS PAPYRUS!!!

Hilda- Oh! Hello! I just remembered I never gave you my number. How did you get it?

P- IT WAS EASY!!! I JUST DIALED EVERY NUMBER SEQUENTIALLY UNTIL I GOT YOURS!!! NYEH HEH HEH HEH HEH!!

H- Well, I'm glad to hear your voice again.

Hilda decides it's best not to bring up his conversation with Undyne.

P- SO... WHAT ARE YOU WEARING?

H- Why do you ask?

P- I'M... ASKING FOR A FRIEND.

Undyne.

P- SHE THOUGHT SHE SAW YOU WEARING A BLACK HAT. IS THAT TRUE? ARE YOU WEARING A BLACK HAT?

H- Uhhh...

It felt wrong to lie, so she tells the truth.

H- ...yes, I'm still wearing the hat.

P- SO YOU AREN WEARING A HAT... GOT IT! YOU'RE MY FRIEND, SO I TRUST YOU 100-PERCENT. HAVE A NICE DAY!

Click...

H- *sigh* I should probably take my hat off, at least until I'm safe. I hope that's the only thing Undyne noticed.

Hilda takes off her beret and stuffs it in her coat pocket. In the next room, Hilda finds a sign titled, Wishing Room. Blue, glowing flowers are scattered through the hall.

H- These must be the echo flowers Sans was talking about.

Hilda listens to one's recording.

*A long time ago, monsters would whisper their wishes to the stars in the sky. If you hoped with all your heart, your wish would come true. Now, all we have are these sparkling stones on the ceiling...

H- That sounds so sad.

*That sounds so sad.

The echo flower repeats her feelings. Hilda finds another one.

*Thousands of people wishing together can't be wrong! The king will prove that.

More flowers repeat their recordings as she passes them.

*C'mon sis! Make a wish!

*I wish my sister and I will see the real stars someday...

H- None of this makes any sense. Monster Kid and Papyrus said the monsters are trapped underground. Why?

As if to answer her question, the next area, which was a boardwalk over a marsh, has ancient writing on the wall holding the walkway. Hilda could just make out the words.

H- "The War of Humans and Monsters". War?

Hilda reads along the wall as she walks.

*Why did the humans attack? Indeed, it seemed as if they had nothing to fear. Humans are unbelievably strong. It would take the Soul of nearly ever monster...just to equal the power of a single human Soul. But humans have one weakness. Ironically, it is the strength of their Soul. Its power allows it to persist outside the human body, even after death. If a monster defeats a human, they can take its Soul. A monster with a human Soul... A horrible beast with unfathomable power.