(This is a piece in response of the writing prompts on JamRiot's Discord. I took the writing prompt of "Write about a cosmic event that is bound to change the world")

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When the universe didn't say a thing

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If the universe could describe what type of day it was, it probably would have said, "run-of-the-mill." Now, of course, since the universe was a non-sapient entity, it remained quiet on the subject. Any sudden vocalization about its current status would have probably caused chaos among the various sentient and sapient lifeforms that dwelled within. Notably, one of the worst affected would have probably been a certain species of really dumb, smart ape that lived in a wayward arm of an insignificant spiral galaxy. These particular apes stood up and took notice of any weird sounds that the universe would make on occasion. Some even wrote papers on the subject.

You see, "run-of-the-mill" was an apt description for the normal state of the universe. Like some sort of cosmic factory, it contained a lot of things that spun around other things. This process produced stars and other exciting bits of cosmic "stuff." Sometimes that stuff would even clump together and form things like the above-mentioned paper-writing,

really dumb, smart ape.

Anyway, the universe was busy doing what it did (existing), and things were going as normal. Now, as I’ve mentioned, the universe doesn’t really say anything, but if it could on this occasion, it probably would have said, "Oop," like some sort of really dumb, yet polite, smart ape trying to squeeze past another in the grocery store aisle.

The universe wasn’t alone, you see; there were a bunch existing alongside each other, each with their own rules and unique bits of exciting cosmic stuff inside. Mostly, the universes would remain separate, spaced apart, but sometimes one would brush past another. Most of the time, this would happen without incident, and the two universes would continue on their merry way, the inhabitants of each remaining blissfully unaware of the event.

And then sometimes, when one brushed past another, some of the bits of one universe would get transferred to another. Now, as I mentioned, each universe had its own rules, its own sets of physics and such. Some universes were very similar, so if a transference did happen, there would be little to no major crises for inhabitants that got passed along like some sort of cosmic lint. If the two universes were different, well, let’s just say things got very, very messy.

Anyway, on this occasion, our universe did brush past another without making a sound. Thankfully, this other universe had VERY similar rules and even appeared in structure and layout like our own. Nobody suddenly imploded, and the aforementioned apes (even the ones who REALLY paid attention and wrote papers) didn’t even notice a thing when their galaxy was transferred to a completely new universe.

In fact, the apes remained unaware of the transference until about 2 PM on a “run-of-the-mill” Thursday afternoon when a Mrs. Karen Walker, living in a suburb of Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada found an elf(who notably smelled like moldy goat cheese) in her living room.

The subsequent events caused many really dumb, smart apes to take notice and write MANY papers.