@%^†-..... .....-†^%@
#@^^†††--. .--†††^^@#
###@%^†--. .--†^%@###
###@%^†--. .--†^%@###
####@^†--. .--†^@####
###@%^†--. ^%^%^%^%^%^%^%^%^%^%^%^%^%^%^%^%^%^%^%^% .--†^%@###
#%†------. %^ 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-. %^ ....--†%@#
#@@^†-.... ^%^%^%^%^%^%^%^%^%^%^%^%^%^%^%^%^%^%^%^% ....-†^@@#
###@%^†--. .--†^%@###
#@@%^†---. 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. .--††††%##
#@%†-..... .....-†%@#
###@%^†--. .--†^%@###
@@%†--.... ^%^%^%^%^%^%^%^%^%^%^%^%^%^%^%^%^%^%^%^% ....--†%@@
@^††-..... %^ * 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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