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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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###&$*^~-, SHE SAYS, WITH A CRYSTALLINE VOICE: "I ,-~^*$&###
##&$*^~-,, HAVE SOMETHING TO TELL YOU. I AM NOT A ,,-~^*$&##
#&$*^~-,,, HUMAN BEING. I AM NOT AN ANIMAL OR A ,,,-~^*$&#
&$*^~-,,,, PLANT. I HAVE BEEN SENT TO DELIVER A ,,,,-~^*$&
#&$*^~-,,, MESSAGE TO YOU. A MESSAGE OF HOPE. YOU ,,,-~^*$&#
##&$*^~-,, ARE NOT ALONE. THERE ARE OTHER BEINGS ,,-~^*$&##
###&$*^~-, IN THE UNIVERSE. THERE IS LIFE OUT ,-~^*$&###
##&$*^~-,, THERE, LIFE THAT IS REACHING OUT A ,,-~^*$&##
#&$*^~-,,, HAND. AND IT'S TIME TO TAKE THAT HAND. ,,,-~^*$&#
&$*^~-,,,, TO REACH OUT TOWARD THAT HAND AND GRAB ,,,,-~^*$&
#&$*^~-,,, IT IT. IT IS TIME TO COME HOME. YOU ARE ,,,-~^*$&#
##&$*^~-,, GOING HOME. YOU ARE GOING HOME." ,,-~^*$&##
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##&$*^~-,, THE SINGER STANDS THERE FOR A FEW ,,-~^*$&##
#&$*^~-,,, MOMENTS, HER HAND RAISED IN THE AIR, ,,,-~^*$&#
&$*^~-,,,, BEFORE THE REST OF THE BAND KICKS IN ,,,,-~^*$&
#&$*^~-,,, AND THE MUSIC BUILDS TO A CRESCENDO. ,,,-~^*$&#
##&$*^~-,, THE CROWD ERUPTS. AND THEN SOMETHING ,,-~^*$&##
###&$*^~-, ELSE ERUPTS AS WELL. A CONCERT-GOER ,-~^*$&###
##&$*^~-,, DESCRIBES IT: "SUDDENLY, THE MUSIC ,,-~^*$&##
#&$*^~-,,, SEAMS BROADER, MORE COLORFUL. I CAN ,,,-~^*$&#
&$*^~-,,,, SOMEHOW SEE IT, AND I FEEL THE OTHERS ,,,,-~^*$&
#&$*^~-,,, SEEING IT, AND I SEE IT THROUGH THEIR ,,,-~^*$&#
##&$*^~-,, EYES AS WELL. MEANWHILE I'M DANCING, ,,-~^*$&##
###&$*^~-, AND I CAN FEEL MY BODY AS I'VE NEVER ,-~^*$&###
##&$*^~-,, DONE BEFORE, I AM AWARE OF EACH CELL ,,-~^*$&##
#&$*^~-,,, AND EACH MOLECULE, ALL VIBRATING IN ,,,-~^*$&#
&$*^~-,,,, UNISON. AND IT'S ALL GOING FASTER, ,,,,-~^*$&
#&$*^~-,,, BUILDING UP TO SOMETHING, WAKING UP." ,,,-~^*$&#
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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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###&$*^~-, $* HAS BEEN DRAWN TO JUNIPER HELDING, $* ,-~^*$&###
##&$*^~-,, *$ A SIXTEEN YEAR OLD POP SINGER FROM *$ ,,-~^*$&##
#&$*^~-,,, $* ENGLAND WHO HAS A VERY STRIKING $* ,,,-~^*$&#
&$*^~-,,,, *$ SIMILARITY... *$ ,,,,-~^*$&
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