@¤%=*~.... ....~*=%¤@
##@¤%=*-~. .~-*=%¤@##
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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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@@¤=***-~. .~-***=¤@@