,,,:==¤¤¶# #¶¤¤==:,,,
,:~*¤&¶### ###¶&¤*~:,
,,,:===¤&¶ ¶&¤===:,,,
,:~=*¤&¶## ##¶&¤*=~:,
:~=*¤&¶### ###¶&¤*=~:
,,,,::=*&¶ *¤*¤*¤*¤*¤*¤*¤*¤*¤*¤*¤*¤*¤*¤*¤*¤*¤*¤*¤*¤ ¶&*=::,,,,
,:~=*¤&¶¶¶ ¤* 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... *¤ &*==~:,,,,
,,,,,~~=¤¶ ¤*¤*¤*¤*¤*¤*¤*¤*¤*¤*¤*¤*¤*¤*¤*¤*¤*¤*¤*¤* ¶¤=~~,,,,,
,:~=*¤&¶## ##¶&¤*=~:,
,,::=***&¶ ¶&***=::,,
,:~=*¤&&¶# #¶&&¤*=~:,
,:~=***&&# #&&***=~:,
,,:~~***¤& &¤***~~:,,