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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. ,~;†@§####
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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." ,~-;†@@§##
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###§@†;-~, 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. ,~-;†@§###
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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. , , , , , ,~-;†@§###
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§@†;;-~,,, 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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