,:~†%%#@## ##@#%%†~:,
,:~†%%#@## ##@#%%†~:,
,:~†%%#@## ##@#%%†~:,
,:~†%%#@## ##@#%%†~:,
,:~†%%#@## ##@#%%†~:,
,:~†%%#@## %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%% ##@#%%†~:,
,:~†%%%%#@ %% 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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,:~†%%#### ####%%†~:,