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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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