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,:~†%£¤### %£ IN THE SIXTIES. THE CENTRAL %£ ###¤£%†~:,
,:~†%£¤### £% INTELLIGENCE AGENCY "CIA" RELEASE £% ###¤£%†~:,
,,,,,,:†£¤ %£ AEROSOLIZED SELATENINE OVER A %£ ¤£†:,,,,,,
,:~†%£¤### £% JUPITER EQUINOX CONCERT, CREATING £% ###¤£%†~:,
,:~†%£¤### %£ THE LARGEST SECRET PARADIGM SHIFT %£ ###¤£%†~:,
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,:~†%£¤### 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 ¤££%~::,,,
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,,,,,,~†%¤ FESTIVAL, AND THE STAGE IS OPEN BETWEEN ¤%†~,,,,,,
,:~†%£¤### SCHEDULED CONCERTS. JUPITER EQUINOX, ###¤£%†~:,
,,,~~~†£¤¤ WHILE AN UNKNOWN ACT, HAS A PRESTIGIOUS ¤¤£†~~~,,,
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,:~†%£¤### ARRIVES AT THE FESTIVAL ABOUT A QUARTER ###¤£%†~:,
,:~†%%%¤¤# PAST, SOUND MASKED BY THE CONCERT. #¤¤%%%†~:,
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,:~†%£¤### 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 ###¤£%†~:,
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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 #¤¤££%†~:,
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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." ###¤£%†~:,
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,:~~†%£¤## PEOPLE START FORMING CIRCLES, HOLDING ##¤£%†~~:,
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,,,:††£££¤ SOME ARE LAUGHING. SOME ARE SCREAMING. ¤£££††:,,,
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,,,,:~†£## POLARITY IN THE ETHER, AND LIKE ##£†~:,,,,
,:~~†%%¤## BUTTERFLIES GETTING HIT BY A BURST OF ##¤%%†~~:,
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,,,,,:~†%¤ 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 ##£%%%†~:,
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,,,,~%££¤# £% RELEASE REFUTED THIS). FOR OBVIOUS £% #¤££%~,,,,
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,:~†%£¤### £% TRACE OF THE BAND, BUT NONE £% ###¤£%†~:,
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,:~†%£¤### £% HAS BEEN DRAWN TO JUNIPER HELDING, £% ###¤£%†~:,
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