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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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