...--†^*@#                                          #@*^†--...
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.--†^*@###                                          ###@*^†--.
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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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