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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 $/«~......
.......~«/ third  day,  which  is  friday.  .  .  . /«~.......
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.........~ eight is  also  when the  plane  used to ~.........
.......... spread  the   aerosol   lifts   off.  it ..........
.......... arrives  at the festival about a quarter ..........
.......... past,   sound  masked  by  the  concert. ..........
.......... around   when    the   first   wave   of ..........
.......... selatenine   must   have   reached   the ..........
.........~ audience, the song comes  to a tense but ~.........
........~« quiet  movement,  and  the  lead  singer «~........
.......~«/ walks   to   the  front  of  the  stage. /«~.......
......~«/$                                          $/«~......
.....~«/$@ 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.                    $@ ##§@$/«~..
.~«/$@§### @$                                    @$ ###§@$/«~.
..~«/$@§## $@  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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