¨,=\*¤@¶## ##¶@¤*\=,¨
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¨,=\*¤@¶¶# #¶¶@¤*\=,¨
¨,=\\\*@@¶ ¶@@*\\\=,¨
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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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¨,=\*@¶### ###¶@*\=,¨
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