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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. #&&/«,,,,,
,,,,,,«/&¤ ¤&/«,,,,,,
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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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