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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. *£ ¨§¨§§¨§¨§¨
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§¨§§¨§¨§§¨ *£ 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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