found this amazing little story at the bottom of the man page for bwbasic, the BASIC interpreter installed on tilde.town.

Thanks, Mrs. Verda Spell!

Our beloved, beautiful friend ~abraxas passed away in an accident tonight.

I've started a memorial thread on bbj if you'd like to grieve with others. I'd love it if people could share memories of abraxas there so we can prepare a memorial.

Goodbye, dear friend. We'll miss you.