Thread:JeloElducal/@comment-30384301-20180820012441/@comment-27101994-20180825121612

CaptainRustbolt21 wrote: You know that after an Inkling dies, their ghost would float out of their body and respawn in a new one in games? Well, Alan was researching ways to permanently kill an Inkling by eliminating their soul. He was able to create a compound by mixing Ink with various chemicals. However, the chemicals reacted badly and blew up in his face, killing him (not permanently, mind you). Since his ghost was damaged in the process, whenever he dies, he always respawns with a scar on his left side of his face. Oh, and that didn't stop him from continuing research to permanently kill an Inkling (though he wears additional protective equipment now). Guess everyone has their different takes of Inkling/Octoling deaths, huh? I knew it had something to do with dying in the "normal way" (splatted to a ghost before respawning; said way is what I call it in my headcanon) but not that deep in explanation.