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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 ##@&%%†-:.
.:-†%%&&&# REMEMBER                             IT. #&&&%%†-:.
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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 %% &%%--:....
.....-%&&@ %%  SIMILARITY...                     %% @&&%-.....
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