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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. ¨ ¨ ¨ ¨,~*%$@¶@#
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¶@%%%~¨¨¨¨ SPREAD THE AEROSOL LIFTS OFF. IT ¨¨¨¨~%%%@¶
@@$*,¨¨¨¨¨ 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 ¨¨¨¨¨~%@@@
#@¶@$%*~,¨ ARE NOT ALONE. THERE ARE OTHER BEINGS ¨,~*%$@¶@#
##@¶@$%*~, IN THE UNIVERSE. THERE IS LIFE OUT ,~*%$@¶@##
¶¶@$$%*~,¨ THERE, LIFE THAT IS REACHING OUT A ¨,~*%$$@¶¶
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¶$$%%%*~,¨ TO REACH OUT TOWARD THAT HAND AND GRAB ¨,~*%%%$$¶
¶¶¶@$%*~,¨ IT IT. IT IS TIME TO COME HOME. YOU ARE ¨,~*%$@¶¶¶
#@¶@$%*~,¨ GOING HOME. YOU ARE GOING HOME." ¨,~*%$@¶@#
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#@¶@$%*~,¨ MOMENTS, HER HAND RAISED IN THE AIR, ¨,~*%$@¶@#
#@¶@$%*~,¨ BEFORE THE REST OF THE BAND KICKS IN ¨,~*%$@¶@#
¶@@%%%*~,¨ 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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¶$*,¨¨¨¨¨¨ HANDS AND DANCING. SOME ARE CRYING. ¨¨¨¨¨¨,*$¶
@¶@$$%*~,¨ SOME ARE LAUGHING. SOME ARE SCREAMING. ¨,~*%$$@¶@
##@¶@%*~,¨ ¨,~*%@¶@##
#@¶@$%*~,¨ AND THEN - A FLUTTER - AND SOMETHING ¨,~*%$@¶@#
##@¶$%*~,¨ GIVES. A SHOCKWAVE OF REVERSING ¨,~*%$¶@##
##@¶@$*~,¨ POLARITY IN THE ETHER, AND LIKE ¨,~*$@¶@##
@@¶@$%*~,¨ BUTTERFLIES GETTING HIT BY A BURST OF ¨,~*%$@¶@@
@@¶@$%*~,¨ WIND, THE THIRD EYE OPENS FOR EVERYONE ¨,~*%$@¶@@
#@¶@$%*~,¨ IN THE AUDIENCE. AND IT BECOMES A CHAIN ¨,~*%$@¶@#
##@¶$%*~,¨ REACTION, QUICKLY SPREADING ACROSS THE ¨,~*%$¶@##
#@¶@$%*~,¨ FESTIVAL AREA. WITHIN SECONDS THERE IS ¨,~*%$@¶@#
@$*,,,,,¨¨ A GLOBAL BLACKOUT. FESTIVAL GOERS ¨¨,,,,,*$@
@$*~,¨¨¨¨¨ REGAIN THEIR MEMORIES AROUND A WEEK ¨¨¨¨¨,~*$@
@%%*~~,,,¨ 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 ¨¨¨¨¨¨,*%@
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#@¶@$%*~,¨ %$ THE "JUPITER EQUINOX" ACT. IT %$ ¨,~*%$@¶@#
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#@¶@$%*~,¨ %$ JUPITER EQUINOX CONCERTS BEFORE OR %$ ¨,~*%$@¶@#
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¶@@@$%*~,¨ %$ 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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