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...