operation  contrasting valkyrie   
      in the  sixties. the  central   
   intelligence agency "cia" release  
   aerosolized  selatenine  over  a   
  jupiter equinox concert,  creating  
  the  largest secret paradigm shift  
  that  the  world has  ever seen.  
  
                                          
 the jupiter equinox* concert  is part of 
 a  festival in black tickle arranged  by 
 a group called epicenter of love.  there 
 is  no   entrance   but   visitors   are 
 expected  to help with maintenance. food 
 and  drink  is shared.  many  bands  are 
 playing  over the four day course of the 
 festival,  and the stage is open between 
 scheduled   concerts.   jupiter equinox, 
 while an  unknown act, has a prestigious 
 timeslot at eight in the evening on  the 
 third  day,  which  is  friday.       
                                          
 eight is  also  when  the  plane used to 
 spread  the   aerosol   lifts  off.   it 
 arrives at the festival about  a quarter 
 past,  sound  masked  by   the  concert. 
 around   when   the   first    wave   of 
 selatenine   must   have   reached   the 
 audience, the song  comes to a tense but 
 quiet  movement,  and  the  lead  singer 
 walks   to  the  front  of   the  stage. 
                                          
 she says, with  a  crystalline voice: "i 
 have something  to tell you. i am not  a 
 human being. i  am not  an animal  or  a 
 plant. i have been  sent  to  deliver  a 
 message to you.  a message of  hope. you 
 are not alone.  there  are other  beings 
 in  the  universe.  there  is  life  out 
 there,  life  that  is  reaching  out  a 
 hand. and it's  time to take  that hand. 
 to  reach out toward  that hand and grab 
 it it. it is  time to come home. you are 
 going   home.  you   are   going  home." 
                                          
 the  singer   stands  there  for  a  few 
 moments,  her hand  raised  in the  air, 
 before the rest  of  the  band  kicks in 
 and  the  music  builds to a  crescendo. 
 the crowd  erupts.  and  then  something 
 else  erupts  as  well.  a  concert-goer 
 describes   it:   "suddenly,  the  music 
 seams  broader,  more  colorful.  i  can 
 somehow  see it,  and i feel  the others 
 seeing it, and  i  see  it through their 
 eyes  as well.  meanwhile  i'm  dancing, 
 and i  can feel  my  body  as i've never 
 done before,  i am  aware  of  each cell 
 and  each  molecule,  all  vibrating  in 
 unison.   and  it's  all  going  faster, 
 building  up  to  something, waking up." 
                                          
 people  start  forming  circles, holding 
 hands  and  dancing.  some  are  crying. 
 some  are laughing.  some are screaming. 
                                          
 and then  -  a flutter -  and  something 
 gives.   a    shockwave   of   reversing 
 polarity   in   the   ether,  and   like 
 butterflies  getting  hit by a burst  of 
 wind,  the third eye opens for  everyone 
 in the audience. and it becomes  a chain 
 reaction,  quickly  spreading across the 
 festival  area. within  seconds there is 
 a  global   blackout.   festival   goers 
 regain  their  memories  around  a  week 
 later,  those  in  the  nearby  town  of 
 black tickle  after   a   few  days,  in 
 montreal  for the  evening, the rest  of 
 america  maybe  an  hour.           
                                          
 and  thus,   the   population  of  earth 
 has  kind  of  left  it's  materialistic 
 baseline,  only   that   most   do   not 
 remember                             it. 
                                          
                                          
  
  * there's an interesting aspect to  
   the  "jupiter equinox"  act.  it   
    seems   there  was  never  any    
  jupiter equinox concerts before or  
  after the one in black tickle. the  
   lead  singer  (also  colloquially  
   referred to as jupiter) seemed to  
  immediately disappear  (for a long  
  while she was thought to have been  
  a  cia  agent, but  a  later  foia  
  release refuted this). for obvious  
  reasons, many were looking for any  
   trace  of  the  band,  but  none   
   were fruitful.                     
                                      
  recently, however,  some attention  
  has been drawn to juniper helding,  
  a sixteen year old pop singer from  
  england who has a  very  striking   
   similarity...