,-~\*$¤### ###¤$*\~-,
,-~~~\\$¤# #¤$\\~~~-,
,,,,,,~\*¤ ¤*\~,,,,,,
,-~\*$¤### ###¤$*\~-,
,-~\*$#### ####$*\~-,
,-~\*$¤### *$*$*$*$*$*$*$*$*$*$*$*$*$*$*$*$*$*$*$*$ ###¤$*\~-,
,,,,,~~*$¤ $* 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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,,,,,~\*¤¤ ¤¤*\~,,,,,