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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~. ¤$ ...~===$@#
#@#@¤$=~^. $¤$¤$¤$¤$¤$¤$¤$¤$¤$¤$¤$¤$¤$¤$¤$¤$¤$¤$¤$¤ .^~=$¤@#@#
@@$~^..... .....^~$@@
@@¤==^.... 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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