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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. #%%%««....
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.~«:%%¤#@# 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." #@#¤%%:«~.
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.~«:%%¤#@# PEOPLE  START FORMING  CIRCLES,  HOLDING #@#¤%%:«~.
.~«:%%%%¤¤ HANDS  AND  DANCING.  SOME  ARE  CRYING. ¤¤%%%%:«~.
......«:%¤ SOME ARE  LAUGHING.  SOME ARE SCREAMING. ¤%:«......
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.~«:%%¤### 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.  .  .  .  .  . ##@¤%%:«~.
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.~«:%%¤### 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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