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...