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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. ¨¨¨¨¨¨¨~=§
###§%=:~^¨ ¨^~:=%§###
###§%=:~^¨ 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." ¨^~:=%§###
###§%=:~^¨ ¨^~:=%§###
###§%=:~^¨ 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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