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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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