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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. . . . ..........
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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." ..........
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.......... 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. ..........
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.......... 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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