Board Thread:General Discussion/@comment-28974149-20181004020542

I know it is a little late since the answers seem to be "fast approaching" but I want to take this time to note that the Gaster stuff was never meant to be a mystery (at least not one to be solved by sluthing, which is why it lead nowhere). It was ALWAYS meant to be a *teaser* for Toby's next project.

As seen in the Kickstarter:  https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/1002143342/undertale/posts/541086

Toby, once reaching this stretch goal, planned to write the scripts for more content to further elaborate on Undertale's world and characters. As you can see on the main page that Goal was shattered (kind of like Gaster.) and it's clear that at the end of the game's development, Gaster stuff was thrown in (if you dissect the game to find exactly when new things were added), this likely happened because the goal was broken.

One of these things he wrote the scripts for was a new game which he cannot reveal to us due to the fact that is is "Shrouded in darkness"  ... that sounds familiar.

"DARK

DARKER

YET DARKER

THE DARKNESS KEEPS GROWING"

Gaster things were thrown into the game at the end of development for one reason and one reason only, to let us know that there is more on it's way.

And after he did this in the game, he did so in the form of tweets: https://66.media.tumblr.com/399e841e3f763d864a108831a95d3b45/tumblr_inline_o6psjj4pQI1th1axb_500.png

Tweets talking about unfinished business. Tweets talking about the fact that Sans and (possibly Papyrus too "them") are the only characters we are unable to make truly happy, as the machine in Sans' lab is unfixable: https://78.media.tumblr.com/bcc7c64769aa6c1cd88bf947ae2bc780/tumblr_nyogr2ED1J1qgjj8do1_540.png.

And of course, all the loose-ends and mystery ("they appeared one day and...asserted themselves" -Shop keeper) behind the skelebros past should tip people off that something is missing. Some people assumed Toby just sucked at writing their characters or something but seeing the rest of the game's cast, I spit on this idea.

The mysteries:" our reports showed an anomaly in the time-space continuum, timelines jumping left and right, stopping and starting." "heh heh, that's your fault isn't it? you can't understand how this feels, knowing that some day, without any warning, it's all gonna be reset." (How does he know?! Who is our?) "just give up i did. you'll never see 'em again. why even try?" "look, i gave up trying to go back a long time ago. and getting back up to the surface doesn't appeal anymore, either." "don't forget." (card after meeting Clam Girl who talks about Suzy)

What happened to you Sans? And Papyrus knows some things about timelines. And he is a Gaster Blaster Caster too.

"HOW LUCKY OF YOU, IF I HAD USED MY SPECIAL ATTACK YOU WOULD HAVE BEEN BLASTED TO..." "TRULY THIS IS THE WORST POSSIBLE ENDING!" "IS SANS PRANKING YOU ACROSS TIME AND SPACE?! I HATE IT WHEN HE DOES THAT!" (He talks as if this is a normal every day thing! As if timey wimey stuff is normal, IT'S NOT!) "YOUR LIFE IS GOING DOWN A VERY DANGEROUS PATH!" (iffy.)

All this, reveals a deep connection to the reason their characters are so un fleshed out

"WHAT DO YOU TWO THINK?"

Toby even tweets about Gaster himself: https://66.media.tumblr.com/10e799e34acdbd4054e110abd096d97c/tumblr_inline_o6psxaImaT1th1axb_500.png

A tweet (that he deleted, guess he didn't want to spoil the fun) where Toby tells us, in clear terms, that we should stop looking for the answer to Gaster in this game, because they simply cannot be found.

Why? Shrouded in Darkness 

"PHOTON READINGS NEGATIVE"

Toby even added some new pieces to the puzzle like Suzy, which is not how a mystery works, more like how a teaser works. Because that's what it is. A teaser.

All of this. From room_gaster to room_water_redacted to the characters of the time travelin' Super Skele Bros. to the Gaster Followers and Goner characters  was just a teaser for whatever "Shrouded in Darkness" is.

And it seems like it's.. after 3 years of development of this and the ports. (As well as breaks for the man, he's been working hard!)

"....fast approaching." - Clam_goner.

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