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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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#§†^^,,,,, §§ 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 §§ ,^~†§§####
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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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