,.~/%&@#@# #@#@&%/~.,
,.~/%&@#@# #@#@&%/~.,
,.~/%%%@@@ @@@%%%/~.,
,.~/%&@#@# #@#@&%/~.,
,.~/%&@#@# #@#@&%/~.,
,,,,,,~/&# %&%&%&%&%&%&%&%&%&%&%&%&%&%&%&%&%&%&%&%& #&/~,,,,,,
,,,,,.~/&@ &% 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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