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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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##¤$$^~... $$ 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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