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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 ^% ¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨
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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 ¨######¨¨#
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¨¨¨¨###### WHILE AN UNKNOWN ACT, HAS A PRESTIGIOUS ¨¨¨##¨¨##¨
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¨¨¨¨¨¨#### 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." ##########
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########## 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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