Not Actually Toxic And Not Actually Fat - The Miscellaneous Thoughts and Ideas of Rafflesiac

It was supposed to be a simple sendoff by the admins.

One last quest for the MMO before they signed off for good. They reskinned the world to an urban complex and hurriedly coded in every language they knew to get the update out on time.

They made a horrible mistake.

Maybe it was the PERL. Maybe it was the HTML. Maybe it was the FORTRAN, or perhaps the COBOL. At any rate, a virulent glitch invaded the system.

A player was corrupted.
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What is a soul?

There are many answers to this question, each as different from another as souls themselves. Some claim they are what give humans meaning and life, and ascend to a greater plane after the deaths of their mortal homes. Others believe that souls are inherent to nature, and reside in all of its expressions. To some, the soul is a vagary of the human mind desperately seeking permanence in a world that lacks it.

Then there are those who know more. The ones ...