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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." ###§@=†=:¨
¨:=†=@§### ###§@=†=:¨
¨:=†=@#### 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. ###§@=†=:¨
¨:=†=@#### ####@=†=:¨
¨:=†=@@@## 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. ###§@=†=:¨
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¨¨¨¨¨:==@# =@ 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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