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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." %=~.......
......~=%¤ ¤%=~......
.....~=%¤@ 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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