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// Ⓕⓐⓒⓔ Ⓨⓞⓤⓡⓢⓔⓛⓕ 
// Story: Ⓑⓤⓣⓣⓞⓝ Ⓜⓐⓢⓗ 
// by Obselescence 
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Well, you would, but just before going downstairs, you encounter the Mirror of Souls.

M.O.M. Interface Active:





"Your quest ends here, Button."







"Who... who are you?"







"I am the darkness that lurks in your soul.
The realization that you might be a nerd.
The creeping doubt that you're not hardcore."







"N-no! I am hardcore!
Mom said so!"







"She speaks in lies.
Remember?
She pretended she'd forgotten your birthday.
But she actually hadn't."







"That's...  I can't deny that.
But I beat Super Pony 64 in one day!"







"On easy."







"But... I ceaselessly dedicate myself to video games,
and play them every waking moment!"







"Yes, but...
Perhaps the same could be 
said of all religions."







"Nooooooo!"