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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». %= ¤¤===»»»^,
,^»^=%¤### =%=%=%=%=%=%=%=%=%=%=%=%=%=%=%=%=%=%=%=% ###¤%=^»^,
,,,,,,»»=¤ ¤=»»,,,,,,
,^»^=%¤### 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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