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...