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,:~;;;;$##                                          ##$;;;;~:,
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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 #§~~:,,,,,
,,,~;§$$#@ LATER,  THOSE  IN  THE  NEARBY  TOWN  OF @#$$§;~,,,
,,,,,:;$$# BLACK TICKLE   AFTER   A  FEW  DAYS,  IN #$$;:,,,,,
,:~;§$#@## MONTREAL FOR  THE  EVENING, THE REST  OF ##@#$§;~:,
,:~;§$#@## AMERICA  MAYBE  AN  HOUR.  ,  ,  ,  ,  , ##@#$§;~:,
,:~;;;§§$@                                          @$§§;;;~:,
,:~§$#@### AND  THUS,   THE  POPULATION  OF   EARTH ###@#$§~:,
,,,,,:~§$@ HAS  KIND  OF  LEFT  IT'S  MATERIALISTIC @$§~:,,,,,
,,,,,,:;$@ BASELINE,   ONLY   THAT   MOST  DO   NOT @$;:,,,,,,
,,,:~§§$@@ REMEMBER                             IT. @@$§§~:,,,
,,,,,:;;$@                                          @$;;:,,,,,
,:~;§$#@##                                          ##@#$§;~:,
,,,,,::;$# §$§$§$§$§$§$§$§$§$§$§$§$§$§$§$§$§$§$§$§$ #$;::,,,,,
,:~;§$###@ $§ * 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...                     §$ ##$;;:,,,,
,:~;§$#@## $§$§$§$§$§$§$§$§$§$§$§$§$§$§$§$§$§$§$§$§ ##@#$§;~:,
,:~;§$#@##                                          ##@#$§;~:,
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,:~;§$#@##                                          ##@#$§;~:,
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