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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." .......=†^
$^†=...... ......=†^$
#$^†=..... THE SINGER STANDS THERE FOR A FEW .....=†^$#
##$^†=.... MOMENTS, HER HAND RAISED IN THE AIR, ....=†^$##
###$^†=... BEFORE THE REST OF THE BAND KICKS IN ...=†^$###
####$^†=.. AND THE MUSIC BUILDS TO A CRESCENDO. ..=†^$####
###$^†=... THE CROWD ERUPTS. AND THEN SOMETHING ...=†^$###
##$^†=.... ELSE ERUPTS AS WELL. A CONCERT-GOER ....=†^$##
#$^†=..... DESCRIBES IT: "SUDDENLY, THE MUSIC .....=†^$#
$^†=...... SEAMS BROADER, MORE COLORFUL. I CAN ......=†^$
^†=....... 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. ^$ .......=†^
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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 $^ ..........
.......... ^$ SIMILARITY... ^$ ..........
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