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...