Undertale: Recursive Tangent - 1

Thoughts: So, finally, a comic of Undertale.
For me, this is a learning experience. I am doubtful I will be able to update this at all regularly.

That aside, this is an earlier kingdom of Undertale, as is implied - Just as isolated and taking far more effort to traverse. There is one speaker in this comic who is not shown - he will show up later on. For now, Toriel is just leaving a presentation of interesting creations from her subjects - once in a while, a little show of talent and whimsy helps alleviate the weight of necessities and time... However, at the ending edge of that, borne on a bit of goodwill and mercy, is one particular book.

For those curious over the book: clearly it belongs to Gaster, a time before he was Royal Scientist. This was a journal he had given to a friend, and not lightly. It's primary topic is botanical notes, among other things -  in this case outlining biomass of a cave rift, surface temperature, water level (including variances in salinity), topography, and harvested plant specimens (including various dates) ... And plenty of pasted-in notes referring to other volumes.

Materials: Sketchbook paper and a simple mechanical pencil, and digital layers

Notes: Undertale, Gaster, and Toriel are property of Toby Fox.
My thanks goes to R. Suffling and W. Smith, whose work I referenced to gather cues for Gaster's notebook, herein.
And to NRC Research Press for it's lovely trove of articles.