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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 ####,,##,,
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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 ** #,,,,#,,,,
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