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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." ..........
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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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