"Where have you been? We been hiding for an hour to surprise you. You could've taken a half day on your birthday."
[Consciousness under the cosmic skin] answers that question in the voice of Jasmine. The voice is perfect, the mannerism is perfect and the nature of the human is very human. The other of her kind can't seem to recognize that the real Jasmine is long dead. Now the one who wears the skin of Jasmine is a God.
It is also necessary to note that the words of these Gods will not be heard by the [Reader]s. They are cautious and will never reveal or harm the one who reads them. So, don't feel threatened by these creature's existence. You are safe.
Jasmine does things as the real Jasmine would do. Her actions are similar to the other humans. [Consciousness under the cosmic skin] has copied her to the minute details.
The fake Jasmine take part in her birthday party. The humans that've made this event possible are her family. Her parents and relatives.
These creatures are separate beings. They can't fully understand each other. But they will go to such lengths to celebrate an occasion that is so meaningless and pointless.
[Consciousness under the cosmic skin] wants to dig deep into the reasoning behind the actions. Is there a real meaning? Or could this be a pretentious distraction from their own mortality.
"Now blow out the candles and make a wish."
Every human being watches Jasmine's shell. [Consciousness under the cosmic skin] watches them in return.
Her life plays like a video behind the eyeballs of Jasmine.
She was born. She could not have born too. But she did. However, there could've been an iteration where she wasn't born.
In that iteration, someone else was born. But she was born with the same name as Jasmine. But it wasn't Jasmine. She doesn't exist in this world.
The Not-Jasmine was a brilliant person. A perfect human in the eyes of other humans. She grew like an extraordinary child. Her grades were perfect through her childhood.
Even when she became a teenager. She never lost her ability to improve into something better. Her grades were perfect. She had unique hobbies that will help her grow into a better human. What is a better human? There isn't any but they can hope.
Her teenage life was full of fun and excitement. Her parents were proud, her relatives were proud and her friends were proud. She had a lot of friends. Such a perfect creature doing as she should do. Just improve and improve.
In the road of adulthood, there were some hick ups. She stumbled a lot and almost lost her way. But in the end, she passed her trails and got a good job that she and her parents can be proud of.
This iteration of Jasmine never went through the act of lust of today. She never encountered [Consciousness under the cosmic skin]. She lived happy and fulfilling life.
Now on the Jasmine of current iteration.
She was born like the Not-Jasmine. Her childhood also like the Not-Jasmine. Maybe she didn't have the perfect grades as the Not-Jasmine. But it doesn't matter she is still a child.
Is it necessary to be a straight A-student from the start? It isn't right? No. Perhaps, important to have a strong base of start.
Even if the Jasmine was like Not-Jasmine. Two were different from each other from the very beginning.
As her teenage years come, she became distant form all. She wasn't getting perfect grades. Just average. Passable.
She made fewer friends than Not-Jasmine. Her parents weren't bad people, fortunately. They always supported her in whatever way they could. But even they did, they can't understand another of their kind to a deeper level.
In other iterations, she had bad parents and those iterations ended before adulthood.
Now the Jasmine that we have come to know is an Adult. She wasn't the brightest. She was clumsy, ill-prepared, less motivated, average at everything and little air-headed. But she despite that she got a job and now she is living her life as she wants.
Until, she was caught in the act of lust and then became a victim of the curiosity of [Consciousness under the cosmic skin].
She died. Her life was short. However, Not-Jasmine's life was…better. How much better?
That can't be answered because even few of the iteration of the Not-Jasmine she had gone through plenty of disturbance. [Consciousness under the cosmic skin] the one who found an iteration that could be said to be perfect.
It is impossible to have a perfect life. Jasmine knows that but she wants that Not-Jasmine to be true.
As [Consciousness under the cosmic skin] watches the candles of the birthday. There is a wish that Jasmine wanted. A wish of a perfect life. A life of a perfect-Jasmine.
[Consciousness under the cosmic skin] doesn't understand or care or have any reason do anything. But it is would be an interesting course of event to watch the life of this "Perfect-Jasmine".
Then the Jasmine's shell blows the candle of her cake. Then the world shifts into itself.
It could be said that all that were present are dead now. Her parents, her relatives are dead.
Why? Because if Jasmine wanted a perfect life than the other dead-Jasmine has to disappear.
[Consciousness under the cosmic skin] has no sympathy or misery so the death of those was a horrifying one. But that is a price that is needed to be paid for a perfect.
Now the Not-Jasmine is real. A perfect life is her.
This Jasmine had good grades, she was loved by all and she made her parents proud of herself. She also never suffered through the act of lust.
Because of a coincidence, the man was never born. He was a dead at birth and it was a miserable experience for his parents.
But that is not the story was are focusing on. We are discussing about Jasmine. Correction, Not-Jasmine.
The Jasmine doesn't exist anymore. The woman who was clumsy, ill-prepared, less motivated, average at everything and little air-headed doesn't exist.
[Consciousness under the cosmic skin] can't answer if existing is worse than not-existing or not-existing is better than existing.
[Consciousness under the cosmic skin] isn't even a real thing. It is a [Pointless creature]. So, please forgive me cause a life is meaningless as this is what [Consciousness under the cosmic skin] has concluded.
But a life is meaningless is the reason why it so much interesting.