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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. ,:~/****#@
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#*~:,,,,,, 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." ,,,~~//*##
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#*~:,,,,,, 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. ,:~/**#@##
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##@#**/~:, **************************************** ,:~/**#@##
##@#**/~:, ** * 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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