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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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@%†~.,,,,, %% 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. %% ,.~†%%@@##
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##@@%%†~., %% RECENTLY, HOWEVER, SOME ATTENTION %% ,.~†%%@@##
##@@%%†~., %% HAS BEEN DRAWN TO JUNIPER HELDING, %% ,.~†%%@@##
##@@%%†~., %% A SIXTEEN YEAR OLD POP SINGER FROM %% ,.~†%%@@##
@%%%††~~., %% ENGLAND WHO HAS A VERY STRIKING %% ,.~~††%%%@
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