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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~. ¤* ¨^^^~††*¤@
#@¤¤¤*†~^¨ *¤*¤*¤*¤*¤*¤*¤*¤*¤*¤*¤*¤*¤*¤*¤*¤*¤*¤*¤*¤ ¨^~†*¤¤¤@#
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@¤*~~¨¨¨¨¨ 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." ¨¨¨^~*¤¤@#
#¤¤¤¤*†~^¨ ¨^~†*¤¤¤¤#
##@¤¤*†~^¨ 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. ¨^~†*¤¤@##
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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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