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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. @**--,¨¨¨¨
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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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