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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.  .  .  .  .  . ##¶¤%†;~,.
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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. ###¤%†;~,.
.,~;†%¤¶##                                          ##¶¤%†;~,.
...,,;†%¶#                                          #¶%†;,,...
.~;†%¤¶### †%†%†%†%†%†%†%†%†%†%†%†%†%†%†%†%†%†%†%†% ###¶¤%†;~.
.,~;†%¤¶## %† * 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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