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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 ¤^~¨¨¨¨¨¨¨
¨¨¨::=^$@@ WALKS TO THE FRONT OF THE STAGE. @@$^=::¨¨¨
¨:~====^$@ @$^====~:¨
¨:~====$$¤ SHE SAYS, WITH A CRYSTALLINE VOICE: "I ¤$$====~:¨
¨:~=^$¤@@# HAVE SOMETHING TO TELL YOU. I AM NOT A #@@¤$^=~:¨
¨:~=^$¤@## HUMAN BEING. I AM NOT AN ANIMAL OR A ##@¤$^=~:¨
¨:~=^$¤@## PLANT. I HAVE BEEN SENT TO DELIVER A ##@¤$^=~:¨
¨¨¨~===^$¤ MESSAGE TO YOU. A MESSAGE OF HOPE. YOU ¤$^===~¨¨¨
¨:~=^$$$$¤ ARE NOT ALONE. THERE ARE OTHER BEINGS ¤$$$$^=~:¨
¨:~=^$¤@@@ IN THE UNIVERSE. THERE IS LIFE OUT @@@¤$^=~:¨
¨¨¨¨~===$@ THERE, LIFE THAT IS REACHING OUT A @$===~¨¨¨¨
¨¨¨¨~~=$@# HAND. AND IT'S TIME TO TAKE THAT HAND. #@$=~~¨¨¨¨
¨¨¨:::~~^¤ TO REACH OUT TOWARD THAT HAND AND GRAB ¤^~~:::¨¨¨
¨¨¨¨¨:=^$¤ IT IT. IT IS TIME TO COME HOME. YOU ARE ¤$^=:¨¨¨¨¨
¨:~=^$@### GOING HOME. YOU ARE GOING HOME." ###@$^=~:¨
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¨:~=^$¤@## THE SINGER STANDS THERE FOR A FEW ##@¤$^=~:¨
¨:~=^$¤@## MOMENTS, HER HAND RAISED IN THE AIR, ##@¤$^=~:¨
¨:~~~^^$@# BEFORE THE REST OF THE BAND KICKS IN #@$^^~~~:¨
¨:~=^$¤@## AND THE MUSIC BUILDS TO A CRESCENDO. ##@¤$^=~:¨
¨:~=^$¤@## THE CROWD ERUPTS. AND THEN SOMETHING ##@¤$^=~:¨
¨¨¨¨:==^¤# ELSE ERUPTS AS WELL. A CONCERT-GOER #¤^==:¨¨¨¨
¨¨¨¨:~^^¤@ DESCRIBES IT: "SUDDENLY, THE MUSIC @¤^^~:¨¨¨¨
¨¨¨¨~~^¤@# SEAMS BROADER, MORE COLORFUL. I CAN #@¤^~~¨¨¨¨
¨:~=^$¤@## SOMEHOW SEE IT, AND I FEEL THE OTHERS ##@¤$^=~:¨
¨¨¨¨¨¨:=$¤ SEEING IT, AND I SEE IT THROUGH THEIR ¤$=:¨¨¨¨¨¨
¨:~=^$¤@@# EYES AS WELL. MEANWHILE I'M DANCING, #@@¤$^=~:¨
¨:~=^$¤@## AND I CAN FEEL MY BODY AS I'VE NEVER ##@¤$^=~:¨
¨:~=^$¤@## DONE BEFORE, I AM AWARE OF EACH CELL ##@¤$^=~:¨
¨¨¨¨::=^$@ AND EACH MOLECULE, ALL VIBRATING IN @$^=::¨¨¨¨
¨:~=^$¤@## UNISON. AND IT'S ALL GOING FASTER, ##@¤$^=~:¨
¨:~=^^^¤¤@ BUILDING UP TO SOMETHING, WAKING UP." @¤¤^^^=~:¨
¨:~=^^$$$¤ ¤$$$^^=~:¨
¨:~=^$@### PEOPLE START FORMING CIRCLES, HOLDING ###@$^=~:¨
¨¨¨¨¨::=$¤ HANDS AND DANCING. SOME ARE CRYING. ¤$=::¨¨¨¨¨
¨:~=^^$$$@ SOME ARE LAUGHING. SOME ARE SCREAMING. @$$$^^=~:¨
¨:~=^$¤@## ##@¤$^=~:¨
¨:::==^$@# AND THEN - A FLUTTER - AND SOMETHING #@$^==:::¨
¨¨¨:==^$$¤ 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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