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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 @^^:~¨¨¨¨¨
¨¨¨¨¨~:$$@ BLACK TICKLE AFTER A FEW DAYS, IN @$$:~¨¨¨¨¨
¨~-:^$@@## MONTREAL FOR THE EVENING, THE REST OF ##@@$^:-~¨
¨¨¨¨¨-:$@@ AMERICA MAYBE AN HOUR. ¨ ¨ ¨ ¨ ¨ @@$:-¨¨¨¨¨
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¨~-:^$@@## AND THUS, THE POPULATION OF EARTH ##@@$^:-~¨
¨~-:^$@@## HAS KIND OF LEFT IT'S MATERIALISTIC ##@@$^:-~¨
¨~-:^$$@@# BASELINE, ONLY THAT MOST DO NOT #@@$$^:-~¨
¨~-:^$@@## REMEMBER IT. ##@@$^:-~¨
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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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