,,-^*@## ##@#&*^-,,
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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." #@@#&*^-,,
,,-^^^&&@@ @@&&^^^-,,
,,-^*&&@ 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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