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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.  .  .  . ###&$^*«,.
....«««^$@                                          @$^«««....
.,«*^$&@## 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." #&^^^*«,,.
...,**^^$&                                          &$^^**,...
.,«*^$&@## the   singer  stands  there  for  a  few ##@&$^*«,.
.,«*^$&@@@ moments,  her hand raised  in  the  air, @@@&$^*«,.
.....«**$& before  the rest  of  the band kicks  in &$**«.....
.,«*^$&@## and the music  builds  to  a  crescendo. ##@&$^*«,.
.,«*^$&@## the  crowd  erupts. and  then  something ##@&$^*«,.
.....,,*$@ else  erupts  as  well.  a  concert-goer @$*,,.....
.,«*^$$$&@ describes  it:   "suddenly,   the  music @&$$$^*«,.
.,«*^$&@## seams  broader,  more  colorful.  i  can ##@&$^*«,.
.,«*^^^^&@ somehow see  it,  and i  feel the others @&^^^^*«,.
.,«*^$&@## seeing  it, and i  see it through  their ##@&$^*«,.
.,«*^$&@@# eyes as  well.  meanwhile  i'm  dancing, #@@&$^*«,.
.,«*^$&@## and i can  feel my  body  as i've  never ##@&$^*«,.
.,«**^$$@@ done before, i  am  aware  of each  cell @@$$^**«,.
.,«*^$&@## and  each  molecule,  all  vibrating  in ##@&$^*«,.
.,«*^$&&@@ unison.  and  it's  all  going   faster, @@&&$^*«,.
.,«*^$&@## building  up to  something, waking  up." ##@&$^*«,.
.,«*^$@###                                          ###@$^*«,.
....,,*^&@ people  start  forming circles,  holding @&^*,,....
.,«*^$&&&@ hands  and  dancing.  some  are  crying. @&&&$^*«,.
.,«*^$@### some  are laughing. some  are screaming. ###@$^*«,.
.,«*^$&@##                                          ##@&$^*«,.
.,««****$@ and  then  - a  flutter - and  something @$****««,.
.,«*^$&@## gives.    a   shockwave   of   reversing ##@&$^*«,.
.,«*^$&@## polarity   in  the   ether,   and   like ##@&$^*«,.
.,«*^$&@## butterflies  getting hit  by a burst  of ##@&$^*«,.
.,«*^$&@## wind, the third eye  opens  for everyone ##@&$^*«,.
.«*^$&@### in the audience.  and it becomes a chain ###@&$^*«.
.,«*^$&@@# reaction, quickly  spreading  across the #@@&$^*«,.
.,«*^$&@@# festival area.  within  seconds there is #@@&$^*«,.
....«*^^$@ a   global   blackout.  festival   goers @$^^*«....
.,««««^^&@ regain  their  memories  around  a  week @&^^««««,.
.,«*^$&@## later,  those  in  the  nearby  town  of ##@&$^*«,.
....«**$&& black tickle  after   a  few  days,   in &&$**«....
.,«*^^^^$@ montreal  for  the evening, the  rest of @$^^^^*«,.
.,«*^$&@## america  maybe  an  hour.  .  .  .  .  . ##@&$^*«,.
.,«*^$&@##                                          ##@&$^*«,.
.,,«««**$@ and  thus,   the   population  of  earth @$**«««,,.
..,««**$@@ has  kind  of  left  it's  materialistic @@$**««,..
.,«*^$&@## baseline,   only   that   most  do   not ##@&$^*«,.
.,,,,«*^&# 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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