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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~. ¤† ¨¨~~††¤§¶#
¶§¤††~~¨¨¨ †¤†¤†¤†¤†¤†¤†¤†¤†¤†¤†¤†¤†¤†¤†¤†¤†¤†¤†¤†¤ ¨¨¨~~††¤§¶
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¤††~~¨¨¨¨¨ 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. ¨ ¨ ¨ ¨¨~~††¤§¶#
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§¤††~~¨¨¨¨ 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. ¨¨¨¨~~††¤§
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††~~¨¨¨¨¨¨ 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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