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,,~^^@¤¶## ##¶¤@^^~,,
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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... ^@ ###¶@^^~,,
,,~^^@¤¶## @^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^ ##¶¤@^^~,,
,,~^^@¤¶## ##¶¤@^^~,,
,,~^^@¤¤¶# #¶¤¤@^^~,,
,,~^^^^@¤¤ ¤¤@^^^^~,,
,,~^^@¤¶## ##¶¤@^^~,,
,,~^^@¤¶## ##¶¤@^^~,,