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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 ¤§§-~¨¨¨¨¨
¨¨¨¨~~/$$¤ THIRD DAY, WHICH IS FRIDAY. ¨ ¨ ¨ ¤$$/~~¨¨¨¨
¨~-/§$¤¤## ##¤¤$§/-~¨
¨~-/§$¤### EIGHT IS ALSO WHEN THE PLANE USED TO ###¤$§/-~¨
¨~-////$¤# SPREAD THE AEROSOL LIFTS OFF. IT #¤$////-~¨
¨¨¨~//$$¤¤ ARRIVES AT THE FESTIVAL ABOUT A QUARTER ¤¤$$//~¨¨¨
¨¨¨¨~/§$## PAST, SOUND MASKED BY THE CONCERT. ##$§/~¨¨¨¨
¨~-/§$¤### AROUND WHEN THE FIRST WAVE OF ###¤$§/-~¨
¨~-/§$¤### SELATENINE MUST HAVE REACHED THE ###¤$§/-~¨
¨~-/§$¤### AUDIENCE, THE SONG COMES TO A TENSE BUT ###¤$§/-~¨
¨¨¨¨--/§¤¤ 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 #¤§§//--~¨
¨~-/§$¤### BLACK TICKLE AFTER A FEW DAYS, IN ###¤$§/-~¨
¨¨¨¨~/§$¤# MONTREAL FOR THE EVENING, THE REST OF #¤$§/~¨¨¨¨
¨~~~~-/§$# AMERICA MAYBE AN HOUR. ¨ ¨ ¨ ¨ ¨ #$§/-~~~~¨
¨~-/§$¤### ###¤$§/-~¨
¨~-/§$¤¤## AND THUS, THE POPULATION OF EARTH ##¤¤$§/-~¨
¨¨¨¨¨~/$$# HAS KIND OF LEFT IT'S MATERIALISTIC #$$/~¨¨¨¨¨
¨~-/§$¤### BASELINE, ONLY THAT MOST DO NOT ###¤$§/-~¨
¨¨¨~-/$$¤¤ REMEMBER IT. ¤¤$$/-~¨¨¨
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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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