,.~*^%&@@# #@@&%^*~.,
,.~*^%&@@# #@@&%^*~.,
,.~*^%&@@# #@@&%^*~.,
,,,,,.*^^& &^^*.,,,,,
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,.~*^&@@## ^%^%^%^%^%^%^%^%^%^%^%^%^%^%^%^%^%^%^%^% ##@@&^*~.,
,...~^^&@@ %^ 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... ^% @@%%%^*~.,
,.~*^%@@## %^%^%^%^%^%^%^%^%^%^%^%^%^%^%^%^%^%^%^%^ ##@@%^*~.,
,.~*^%&&&@ @&&&%^*~.,
,.~*^%&@@@ @@@&%^*~.,
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