##¶@§†;~,¨ ¨,~;†§@¶##
##¶@§†;~,¨ ¨,~;†§@¶##
##¶@§†;~,¨ ¨,~;†§@¶##
##¶@§†;~,¨ ¨,~;†§@¶##
@§;,,¨¨¨¨¨ ¨¨¨¨¨,,;§@
¶@@@§†;~,¨ †§†§†§†§†§†§†§†§†§†§†§†§†§†§†§†§†§†§†§†§ ¨,~;†§@@@¶
##¶@§†;~,¨ §† 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... †§ ¨,~;†§@¶##
##¶@§†;~,¨ §†§†§†§†§†§†§†§†§†§†§†§†§†§†§†§†§†§†§†§† ¨,~;†§@¶##
###¶@†;~,¨ ¨,~;†@¶###
##¶@§†;~,¨ ¨,~;†§@¶##
##¶@§†;~,¨ ¨,~;†§@¶##
##¶@§†;~,¨ ¨,~;†§@¶##
#¶§;~,¨¨¨¨ ¨¨¨¨,~;§¶#