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Cinematic - Turn on letterbox mode (hide interface) for (All players) : fade out over 2 seconds
Cinematic - Disable user control for (All players) .
Cinematic - Fade out over 0.00 seconds using texture White Mask and color ( 0 %, 0 %, 0 %) with 0 % transparency
Wait 2 seconds
Game - Display to (All players) for 99999.00 seconds the text: The_Optimizer
Wait 1.50 seconds
Cinematic - Clear the screen of text messages for (All players) .
Game - Display to (All players) for 99999.00 seconds the text: Proudly Presents
Wait 2.00 seconds
Cinematic - Clear the screen of text messages for (All players) .
Game - Display to (All players) for 99999.00 seconds the text: From the original story creator: Andy Weir
Wait 2.00 seconds
Cinematic - Clear the screen of text messages for (All players) .
Game - Display to (All players) for 2.00 seconds the text: An Egg
Player Group - Pick every player in (All players) and do (Actions)
Loop - Actions
Camera - . Apply . gg_cam_Camera_001 for (Picked player) over 0 seconds
Camera - . Apply . gg_cam_Camera_002 for (Picked player) over 20.00 seconds
Wait 3.00 seconds
Game - Display to (All players) the text: It was a car accident. Nothing particularly remarkable, but fatal nonetheless. You left behind a wife and two children. It was a painless death. The EMTs tried their best to save you, but to no avail. Your body was so utterly shattered you were better off, trust me.
Cinematic - Fade in over 4.00 seconds using texture White Mask and color ( 0 %, 0 %, 0 %) with 0 % transparency
Set Variable Set Temp_Point = (Center of WhyAreYouOpeningThisMap <gen>)
Unit - Order Villager 0012 <gen> to Move To . Temp_Point
Cinematic - Clear the screen of text messages for (All players) .
Cinematic - Fade out over 2.00 seconds using texture White Mask and color ( 0 %, 0 %, 0 %) with 0 % transparency
Game - Display to (All players) the text: And that’s when you met me.
Wait 4.00 seconds
Cinematic - Send transmission to (All players) from Villager 0018 <gen> named You : Play No sound and display What… what happened? . Modify duration: Set to 3.50 seconds and Wait
Cinematic - Send transmission to (All players) from No unit named ??? (Matter-of-factly. No point mincing words.) : Play No sound and display You died, . Modify duration: Set to 4.25 seconds and Wait
Cinematic - Send transmission to (All players) from Villager 0018 <gen> named You : Play No sound and display There was a…a truck and it was skidding… . Modify duration: Set to 5.00 seconds and Wait
Cinematic - Send transmission to (All players) from No unit named ??? : Play No sound and display Yup. . Modify duration: Set to 1.50 seconds and Wait
Cinematic - Send transmission to (All players) from Villager 0018 <gen> named You : Play No sound and display I… I died? . Modify duration: Set to 2.75 seconds and Wait
Player Group - Pick every player in (All players) and do (Actions)
Loop - Actions
Camera - . Apply . gg_cam_Camera_003 for (Picked player) over 0 seconds
Camera - . Apply . gg_cam_Camera_004 for (Picked player) over 60.00 seconds
Cinematic - Fade in over 6.00 seconds using texture White Mask and color ( 0 %, 0 %, 0 %) with 0 % transparency
Cinematic - Send transmission to (All players) from Villager 0019 <gen> named ??? : Play No sound and display Yup. But don’t feel bad about it. Everyone dies. . Modify duration: Set to 5.25 seconds and Wait
Wait 0.50 seconds
Game - Display to (All players) the text: You looked around. There was nothingness. Just you and me.
Unit - Make Villager 0018 <gen> face (Center of Hi <gen>) over 0.50 seconds
Wait 1.00 seconds
Unit - Make Villager 0018 <gen> face (Center of Hello <gen>) over 0.50 seconds
-------- Who cares about the leaks? :D --------
Wait 1.00 seconds
Unit - Make Villager 0018 <gen> face (Center of Greetings <gen>) over 0.50 seconds
Wait 1.00 seconds
Unit - Make Villager 0018 <gen> face (Position of Villager 0019 <gen>) over 0.50 seconds
Wait 0.70 seconds
Cinematic - Send transmission to (All players) from Villager 0018 <gen> named You : Play No sound and display What is this place? . Modify duration: Set to 1.80 seconds and Wait
Cinematic - Send transmission to (All players) from Villager 0018 <gen> named You : Play No sound and display Is this the afterlife? . Modify duration: Set to 1.80 seconds and Wait
Cinematic - Send transmission to (All players) from Villager 0019 <gen> named ??? : Play No sound and display More or less, . Modify duration: Set to 1.75 seconds and Wait
Cinematic - Send transmission to (All players) from Villager 0018 <gen> named You : Play No sound and display Are you god? . Modify duration: Set to 1.80 seconds and Wait
Cinematic - Send transmission to (All players) from Villager 0019 <gen> named ??? : Play No sound and display Yup. . Modify duration: Set to 1.75 seconds and Wait
Cinematic - Send transmission to (All players) from Villager 0019 <gen> named ??? : Play No sound and display I’m God. . Modify duration: Set to 1.75 seconds and Wait
Cinematic - Send transmission to (All players) from Villager 0018 <gen> named You : Play No sound and display My kids… my wife, . Modify duration: Set to 2.50 seconds and Wait
Cinematic - Send transmission to (All players) from Villager 0018 <gen> named You : Play No sound and display What about them? . Modify duration: Set to 1.90 seconds and Wait
Cinematic - Send transmission to (All players) from Villager 0018 <gen> named You : Play No sound and display Will they be alright? . Modify duration: Set to 1.90 seconds and Wait
Cinematic - Send transmission to (All players) from Villager 0019 <gen> named ??? : Play No sound and display That what I like to see, . Modify duration: Set to 3.00 seconds and Wait
Cinematic - Send transmission to (All players) from Villager 0019 <gen> named ??? : Play No sound and display You just died and your main concern is for your family. That’s good stuff right there. . Modify duration: Set to 6.50 seconds and Wait
Game - Display to (All players) the text: You looked at me with fascination. To you, I didn’t look like God. I just looked like some man. Some vague authority figure. More of a grammar school teacher than the almighty.
Wait 8.00 seconds
Cinematic - Send transmission to (All players) from Villager 0019 <gen> named ??? : Play No sound and display Don’t worry, . Modify duration: Set to 1.65 seconds and Wait
Cinematic - Send transmission to (All players) from Villager 0019 <gen> named ??? : Play No sound and display They’ll be fine. Your kids will remember you as perfect in every way. They didn’t have time to grow contempt for you. Your wife will cry on the outside, but will be secretly relieved. To be fair, your marriage was falling apart. If it’s any consolation, she’ll feel very guilty for feeling relieved. . Modify duration: Set to 19.00 seconds and Wait
Cinematic - Send transmission to (All players) from Villager 0018 <gen> named You : Play No sound and display Oh, . Modify duration: Set to 1.40 seconds and Wait
Cinematic - Send transmission to (All players) from Villager 0018 <gen> named You : Play No sound and display So what happens now? Do I go to heaven or hell or something? . Modify duration: Set to 3.75 seconds and Wait
Cinematic - Send transmission to (All players) from Villager 0019 <gen> named ??? : Play No sound and display Neither, . Modify duration: Set to 1.80 seconds and Wait
Cinematic - Send transmission to (All players) from Villager 0019 <gen> named ??? : Play No sound and display You’ll be reincarnated. . Modify duration: Set to 3.40 seconds and Wait
Cinematic - Send transmission to (All players) from Villager 0018 <gen> named You : Play No sound and display Ah, . Modify duration: Set to 1.20 seconds and Wait
Cinematic - Send transmission to (All players) from Villager 0018 <gen> named You : Play No sound and display So the Hindus were right. . Modify duration: Set to 3.00 seconds and Wait
Cinematic - Send transmission to (All players) from Villager 0019 <gen> named ??? : Play No sound and display All the religions are right in their own way, . Modify duration: Set to 4.20 seconds and Wait
Cinematic - Send transmission to (All players) from Villager 0019 <gen> named ??? : Play No sound and display Walk with me. . Modify duration: Set to 2.10 seconds and Wait
Unit - Order Villager 0019 <gen> to Move To . (Center of img_url_com <gen>)
Wait 0.00 seconds
-------- 0.00 wait seconds is equal to 0.27 seconds. Why just don't i use 0.27 seconds you ask? 'Cause 0.27 might become 0.51 or higher in multiplayers. --------
Unit - Order Villager 0018 <gen> to Move To . (Center of YUDoDis <gen>)
Game - Display to (All players) the text: You followed along as we strolled in the void.
Wait 3.00 seconds
Player Group - Pick every player in (All players) and do (Actions)
Loop - Actions
Camera - . Apply . gg_cam_Camera_005 for (Picked player) over 0 seconds
Cinematic - Send transmission to (All players) from Villager 0018 <gen> named You : Play No sound and display Where are we going? . Modify duration: Set to 2.80 seconds and Wait
Cinematic - Send transmission to (All players) from Villager 0019 <gen> named ??? : Play No sound and display Nowhere in particular, . Modify duration: Set to 2.00 seconds and Wait
Cinematic - Send transmission to (All players) from Villager 0019 <gen> named ??? : Play No sound and display It’s just nice to walk while we talk. . Modify duration: Set to 3.80 seconds and Wait
Player Group - Pick every player in (All players) and do (Actions)
Loop - Actions
Camera - . Apply . gg_cam_Camera_006 for (Picked player) over 0 seconds
Cinematic - Send transmission to (All players) from Villager 0018 <gen> named You : Play No sound and display So what’s the point, then? . Modify duration: Set to 3.00 seconds and Wait
Cinematic - Send transmission to (All players) from Villager 0018 <gen> named You : Play No sound and display When I get reborn, I’ll just be a blank slate, right? A baby. So all my experiences and everything I did in this life won’t matter. . Modify duration: Set to 8.70 seconds and Wait
Player Group - Pick every player in (All players) and do (Actions)
Loop - Actions
Camera - . Apply . gg_cam_Camera_007 for (Picked player) over 0 seconds
Cinematic - Send transmission to (All players) from Villager 0019 <gen> named ??? : Play No sound and display Not so! . Modify duration: Set to 1.70 seconds and Wait
Cinematic - Send transmission to (All players) from Villager 0019 <gen> named ??? : Play No sound and display You have within you all the knowledge and experiences of all your past lives. You just don’t remember them right now. . Modify duration: Set to 4.20 seconds and Wait
Game - Display to (All players) the text: I stopped walking and took you by the shoulders.
Unit - Order Villager 0019 <gen> to Stop .
Unit - Make Villager 0019 <gen> face Villager 0018 <gen> over 0.50 seconds
Wait 0.50 seconds
Unit - Order Villager 0018 <gen> to Stop .
Unit - Make Villager 0018 <gen> face Villager 0019 <gen> over 0.50 seconds
Wait 4.00 seconds
Cinematic - Send transmission to (All players) from Villager 0019 <gen> named ??? : Play No sound and display You have within you all the knowledge and experiences of all your past lives. You just don’t remember them right now. . Modify duration: Set to 4.20 seconds and Wait
Cinematic - Send transmission to (All players) from Villager 0019 <gen> named ??? : Play No sound and display Your soul is more magnificent, beautiful, and gigantic than you can possibly imagine. A human mind can only contain a tiny fraction of what you are. It’s like sticking your finger in a glass of water to see if it’s hot or cold. You put a tiny part or yourself into the vessel, and when you bring it back out, you’ve gained all the experiences it had. . Modify duration: Set to 17.00 seconds and Wait
Cinematic - Send transmission to (All players) from Villager 0019 <gen> named ??? : Play No sound and display You’ve been a human for the last 34 years, so you haven’t stretched out yet and felt the rest of your immense consciousness. If we hung out here for longer, you’d start remembering everything. But there’s no point doing that between each life. . Modify duration: Set to 14.00 seconds and Wait
Cinematic - Send transmission to (All players) from Villager 0018 <gen> named You : Play No sound and display How many times have I been reincarnated, then? . Modify duration: Set to 4.95 seconds and Wait
Player Group - Pick every player in (All players) and do (Actions)
Loop - Actions
Camera - . Apply . gg_cam_Camera_008 for (Picked player) over 0 seconds
Cinematic - Send transmission to (All players) from Villager 0019 <gen> named ??? : Play No sound and display Oh, lots. Lots and lots. And into lots of different lives. . Modify duration: Set to 6.50 seconds and Wait
Cinematic - Send transmission to (All players) from Villager 0019 <gen> named ??? : Play No sound and display This time around you’ll be a Chinese peasant girl in 540 A.D. . Modify duration: Set to 5.00 seconds and Wait
Cinematic - Send transmission to (All players) from Villager 0018 <gen> named You : Play No sound and display Wait, what? . Modify duration: Set to 1.80 seconds and Wait
Cinematic - Send transmission to (All players) from Villager 0018 <gen> named You : Play No sound and display You’re sending me back in time? . Modify duration: Set to 3.30 seconds and Wait
Cinematic - Send transmission to (All players) from Villager 0019 <gen> named ??? : Play No sound and display Well, I guess technically. Time, as you know it, only exists in your universe. Things are different where I come from. . Modify duration: Set to 6.00 seconds and Wait
Cinematic - Send transmission to (All players) from Villager 0018 <gen> named You : Play No sound and display Where do you come from? . Modify duration: Set to 2.75 seconds and Wait
Cinematic - Send transmission to (All players) from Villager 0019 <gen> named ??? : Play No sound and display Oh sure! . Modify duration: Set to 1.55 seconds and Wait
Cinematic - Send transmission to (All players) from Villager 0019 <gen> named ??? : Play No sound and display I come from somewhere. somewhere else. and there are others like me. I know you’ll want to know what it’s like there but you honestly won’t understand. . Modify duration: Set to 12.50 seconds and Wait
Cinematic - Send transmission to (All players) from Villager 0018 <gen> named You : Play No sound and display Oh. . Modify duration: Set to 1.20 seconds and Wait
Cinematic - Send transmission to (All players) from Villager 0018 <gen> named You : Play No sound and display But wait. If i get reincarnated to other places in time, could I have interacted with myself at some point? . Modify duration: Set to 6.50 seconds and Wait
Cinematic - Send transmission to (All players) from Villager 0019 <gen> named ??? : Play No sound and display Sure. Happens all the time. And with both lives only aware of their own timespan you don’t even know it’s happening. . Modify duration: Set to 8.75 seconds and Wait
Cinematic - Send transmission to (All players) from Villager 0018 <gen> named You : Play No sound and display So what’s the point of it all? . Modify duration: Set to 2.75 seconds and Wait
Cinematic - Send transmission to (All players) from Villager 0019 <gen> named ??? : Play No sound and display Seriously? . Modify duration: Set to 1.40 seconds and Wait
Cinematic - Send transmission to (All players) from Villager 0019 <gen> named ??? : Play No sound and display Seriously? Your asking me for the meaning of life? Isn’t that a little stereotypical? . Modify duration: Set to 5.20 seconds and Wait
Cinematic - Send transmission to (All players) from Villager 0018 <gen> named You : Play No sound and display Well it’s a reasonable question. . Modify duration: Set to 3.80 seconds and Wait
Game - Display to (All players) the text: I looked in your eye.
Player Group - Pick every player in (All players) and do (Actions)
Loop - Actions
Camera - . Apply . gg_cam_Camera_009 for (Picked player) over 0 seconds
Wait 2.00 seconds
Cinematic - Send transmission to (All players) from Villager 0019 <gen> named ??? : Play No sound and display The meaning of life, the reason I made this whole universe, is for you to mature. . Modify duration: Set to 5.10 seconds and Wait
Cinematic - Send transmission to (All players) from Villager 0018 <gen> named You : Play No sound and display You mean mankind? You want us to mature? . Modify duration: Set to 4.40 seconds and Wait
Cinematic - Send transmission to (All players) from Villager 0019 <gen> named ??? : Play No sound and display No. just you. I made this whole universe for you. With each new life you grow and mature, and become a larger and greater intellect . Modify duration: Set to 8.20 seconds and Wait
Cinematic - Send transmission to (All players) from Villager 0018 <gen> named You : Play No sound and display Just me? What about everyone else? . Modify duration: Set to 4.70 seconds and Wait
Player Group - Pick every player in (All players) and do (Actions)
Loop - Actions
Camera - . Apply . gg_cam_Camera_010 for (Picked player) over 0 seconds
Cinematic - Send transmission to (All players) from Villager 0019 <gen> named ??? : Play No sound and display There is no one else, . Modify duration: Set to 2.10 seconds and Wait
Cinematic - Send transmission to (All players) from Villager 0019 <gen> named ??? : Play No sound and display In this universe, there’s just you, and me. . Modify duration: Set to 3.70 seconds and Wait
Game - Display to (All players) the text: You stared blankly at me.
Wait 2.50 seconds
Cinematic - Send transmission to (All players) from Villager 0018 <gen> named You : Play No sound and display But all the people on earth… . Modify duration: Set to 3.00 seconds and Wait
Cinematic - Send transmission to (All players) from Villager 0019 <gen> named ??? : Play No sound and display All you. Different incarnations of you. . Modify duration: Set to 4.00 seconds and Wait
Cinematic - Send transmission to (All players) from Villager 0018 <gen> named You : Play No sound and display Wait. I’m everyone!? . Modify duration: Set to 2.40 seconds and Wait
Cinematic - Send transmission to (All players) from Villager 0019 <gen> named ??? : Play No sound and display Now you’re getting it. . Modify duration: Set to 2.20 seconds and Wait
Cinematic - Send transmission to (All players) from Villager 0018 <gen> named You : Play No sound and display I’m every human who ever lived? . Modify duration: Set to 2.90 seconds and Wait
Cinematic - Send transmission to (All players) from Villager 0019 <gen> named ??? : Play No sound and display Or who will ever live, yes. . Modify duration: Set to 2.60 seconds and Wait
Cinematic - Send transmission to (All players) from Villager 0018 <gen> named You : Play No sound and display I’m Abraham Lincoln? . Modify duration: Set to 2.50 seconds and Wait
Cinematic - Send transmission to (All players) from Villager 0019 <gen> named ??? : Play No sound and display And you’re John Wilkes Booth, too. . Modify duration: Set to 2.60 seconds and Wait
Cinematic - Send transmission to (All players) from Villager 0018 <gen> named You : Play No sound and display I’m Hitler? . Modify duration: Set to 1.80 seconds and Wait
Cinematic - Send transmission to (All players) from Villager 0019 <gen> named ??? : Play No sound and display And you’re the millions he killed. . Modify duration: Set to 3.00 seconds and Wait
Cinematic - Send transmission to (All players) from Villager 0018 <gen> named You : Play No sound and display I’m Jesus? . Modify duration: Set to 1.90 seconds and Wait
Cinematic - Send transmission to (All players) from Villager 0019 <gen> named ??? : Play No sound and display And you’re everyone who followed him. . Modify duration: Set to 2.80 seconds and Wait
Game - Display to (All players) the text: You fell silent.
Wait 2.00 seconds
Cinematic - Send transmission to (All players) from Villager 0019 <gen> named ??? : Play No sound and display Every time you victimized someone, . Modify duration: Set to 2.90 seconds and Wait
Cinematic - Send transmission to (All players) from Villager 0019 <gen> named ??? : Play No sound and display You were victimizing yourself. Every act of kindness you’ve done, you’ve done to yourself. Every happy and sad moment ever experienced by any human was, or will be, experienced by you. . Modify duration: Set to 9.50 seconds and Wait
Cinematic - Send transmission to (All players) from Villager 0018 <gen> named You : Play No sound and display Why? . Modify duration: Set to 1.40 seconds and Wait
Cinematic - Send transmission to (All players) from Villager 0018 <gen> named You : Play No sound and display Why do all this? . Modify duration: Set to 2.20 seconds and Wait
Cinematic - Send transmission to (All players) from Villager 0019 <gen> named ??? : Play No sound and display Because someday, you will become like me. Because that’s what you are. You’re one of my kind. You’re my child. . Modify duration: Set to 6.80 seconds and Wait
Cinematic - Send transmission to (All players) from Villager 0018 <gen> named You : Play No sound and display Whoa. . Modify duration: Set to 1.70 seconds and Wait
Cinematic - Send transmission to (All players) from Villager 0018 <gen> named You : Play No sound and display You mean I’m a god? . Modify duration: Set to 3.10 seconds and Wait
Cinematic - Send transmission to (All players) from Villager 0019 <gen> named ??? : Play No sound and display No. Not yet. You’re a fetus. You’re still growing. Once you’ve lived every human life throughout all time, you will have grown enough to be born. . Modify duration: Set to 8.30 seconds and Wait
Cinematic - Send transmission to (All players) from Villager 0018 <gen> named You : Play No sound and display So the whole universe, . Modify duration: Set to 2.40 seconds and Wait
Cinematic - Send transmission to (All players) from Villager 0018 <gen> named You : Play No sound and display It’s just… . Modify duration: Set to 1.80 seconds and Wait
Cinematic - Send transmission to (All players) from Villager 0019 <gen> named ??? : Play No sound and display An egg of sorts. . Modify duration: Set to 3.00 seconds and Wait
Cinematic - Send transmission to (All players) from Villager 0019 <gen> named ??? : Play No sound and display Now its time for you to move on to your next life. . Modify duration: Set to 4.10 seconds and Wait
Game - Display to (All players) the text: And with that, I sent you on your way.
Cinematic - Fade out over 2.50 seconds using texture White Mask and color ( 0 %, 0 %, 0 %) with 0 % transparency
Cinematic - Turn off letterbox mode (show interface) for (All players) : fade in over 2 seconds
Wait 2.00 seconds
Custom script: set bj_wantDestroyGroup = true
Unit Group - Pick every unit in (Units in (Playable map area)) and do (Actions)
Loop - Actions
Unit - Remove (Picked unit) from the game
Cinematic - Enable user control for (All players) .
Game - Display to (All players) the text: You've been granted a 1 minute chat before the game/cinematic ends.
Wait 50.00 seconds
Game - Display to (All players) the text: Game will end in 10 seconds.
Wait 5.00 seconds
Game - Display to (All players) the text: Game will end in 5 seconds.
Wait 2.00 seconds
Game - Display to (All players) the text: Game will end in 3 seconds.
Wait 1.00 seconds
Game - Display to (All players) the text: Game will end in 2 seconds.
Wait 1.00 seconds
Game - Display to (All players) the text: Game will end in 1 second.
Wait 1.00 seconds
Player Group - Pick every player in (All players) and do (Actions)
Loop - Actions
Game - Victory (Picked player) ( Skip dialogs, Skip scores)
An Egg
It was a car accident. Nothing particularly remarkable, but fatal nonetheless. You left behind a wife and two children. It was a painless death. The EMTs tried their best to save you, but to no avail. Your body was so utterly shattered you were better off, trust me.
And that’s when you met me.
“What… what happened?” You asked. “Where am I?”
“You died,” I said, matter-of-factly. No point mincing words.
“There was a…a truck and it was skidding…”
“Yup.” I said
“I… I died?”
“Yup. But don’t feel bad about it. Everyone dies.” I said.
You looked around. There was nothingness. Just you and me. “What is this place?” You asked. “Is this the afterlife?”
“More or less,” I said.
“Are you god?” You asked.
“Yup.” I replied. “I’m God.”
“My kids… my wife,” you said.
“What about them?”
“Will they be alright?”
“That what I like to see,” I said. “You just died and your main concern is for your family. That’s good stuff right there.”
You looked at me with fascination. To you, I didn’t look like God. I just looked like some man. Some vague authority figure. More of a grammar school teacher than the almighty.
“Don’t worry,” I said. “They’ll be fine. Your kids will remember you as perfect in every way. They didn’t have time to grow contempt for you. Your wife will cry on the outside, but will be secretly relieved. To be fair, your marriage was falling apart. If it’s any consolation, she’ll feel very guilty for feeling relieved.”
“Oh,” you said. “So what happens now? Do I go to heaven or hell or something?”
“Neither,” I said. “You’ll be reincarnated.”
“Ah,” you said. “So the Hindus were right.”
“All the religions are right in their own way,” I said. “Walk with me.”
You followed along as we strolled in the void. “Where are we going?” “Nowhere in particular,” I said. “It’s just nice to walk while we talk.”
“So what’s the point, then?” You asked. “When I get reborn, I’ll just be a blank slate, right? A baby. So all my experiences and everything I did in this life won’t matter.”
“Not so!” I said. “You have within you all the knowledge and experiences of all your past lives. You just don’t remember them right now.”
I stopped walking and took you by the shoulders. “Your soul is more magnificent, beautiful, and gigantic than you can possibly imagine. A human mind can only contain a tiny fraction of what you are. It’s like sticking your finger in a glass of water to see if it’s hot or cold. You put a tiny part or yourself into the vessel, and when you bring it back out, you’ve gained all the experiences it had.”
“You’ve been a human for the last 34 years, so you haven’t stretched out yet and felt the rest of your immense consciousness. If we hung out here for longer, you’d start remembering everything. But there’s no point doing that between each life.”
“How many times have I been reincarnated, then?”
“Oh, lots. Lots and lots. And into lots of different lives.” I said. “This time around you’ll be a Chinese peasant girl in 540 A.D.”
“Wait, what?” You stammered. “You’re sending me back in time?”
“Well, I guess technically. Time, as you know it, only exists in your universe. Things are different where I come from.”
“Where do you come from?” You pondered.
“Oh sure!” I explained. “I come from somewhere. somewhere else. and there are others like me. I know you’ll want to know what it’s like there but you honestly won’t understand.”
“Oh.” you said, a little let down. “But wait. If i get reincarnated to other places in time, could I have interacted with myself at some point?”
“Sure. Happens all the time. And with both lives only aware of their own timespan you don’t even know it’s happening.”
“So what’s the point of it all?”
“Seriously?” I asked. “Seriously? Your asking me for the meaning of life? Isn’t that a little stereotypical?”
“Well it’s a reasonable question.” you persisted.
I looked in your eye. “The meaning of life, the reason I made this whole universe, is for you to mature.”
“You mean mankind? You want us to mature?”
“No. just you. I made this whole universe for you. With each new life you grow and mature, and become a larger and greater intellect” “Just me? What about everyone else?”
“There is no one else,” I said. “In this universe, there’s just you, and me.”
You stared blankly at me. “But all the people on earth…”
“All you. Different incarnations of you.”
“Wait. I’m everyone!?”
“Now you’re getting it.” I said, with a congratulatory slap on the back.
“I’m every human who ever lived?”
“Or who will ever live, yes.”
“I’m Abraham Lincoln?”
“And you’re John Wilkes Booth, too.” I added.
“I’m Hitler?” you said, appalled.
“And you’re the millions he killed.”
“I’m Jesus?”
“And you’re everyone who followed him.”
You fell silent.
“Every time you victimized someone,” I said, “You were victimizing yourself. Every act of kindness you’ve done, you’ve done to yourself. Every happy and sad moment ever experienced by any human was, or will be, experienced by you.”
“Why?” You asked me. “Why do all this?”
“Because someday, you will become like me. Because that’s what you are. You’re one of my kind. You’re my child.”
“Whoa.” you said, incredulous. “You mean I’m a god?”
“No. Not yet. You’re a fetus. You’re still growing. Once you’ve lived every human life throughout all time, you will have grown enough to be born.”
“So the whole universe,” you said. “It’s just…”
“An egg of sorts.” I answered. “Now its time for you to move on to your next life.”
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