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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. ##%///=,¨¨
¨,=/=%#### ####%=/=,¨
¨¨¨¨¨¨,/%# #%/,¨¨¨¨¨¨
¨¨¨,,/=%## =%=%=%=%=%=%=%=%=%=%=%=%=%=%=%=%=%=%=%=% ##%=/,,¨¨¨
¨,=//=%%## %= * 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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¨,/=%##### #####%=/,¨
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