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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. ¨ ¨ ¨ @@@¤$$=«,¨
¨,«==$$¤¤# #¤¤$$==«,¨
¨,«=$$¤@## 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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