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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 ¨¨¨¨¨===§§
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#@#§&=^=-¨ EXPECTED TO HELP WITH MAINTENANCE. FOOD ¨-=^=&§#@#
§===¨¨¨¨¨¨ AND DRINK IS SHARED. MANY BANDS ARE ¨¨¨¨¨¨===§
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@##§&=^=-¨ 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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@#§=^^-¨¨¨ 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." ¨-=^=&§#@#
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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 ¨-=^=&§#@#
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##@#&=^=-¨ 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. ¨-=^^^=&&#
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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. ¨ ¨ ¨ ¨ ¨ ¨-=^=§#@##
##@#§&=^=- -=^=&§#@##
#@#§&=^=-¨ 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 &= ¨¨¨¨¨¨=^=§
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#@#§&=^=-¨ &= AFTER THE ONE IN BLACK TICKLE. THE &= ¨-=^=&§#@#
###§&=^=-¨ =& LEAD SINGER (ALSO COLLOQUIALLY =& ¨-=^=&§###
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§====¨¨¨¨¨ =& 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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