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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 ,,,,,,,,,-
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-,,,,,,,,, SOME ARE LAUGHING. SOME ARE SCREAMING. ,,,,,,,,,-
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@%†~-,,,,, 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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~-,,,,,,,, BASELINE, ONLY THAT MOST DO NOT ,,,,,,,,-~
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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. %@ ,,,,,,,,-~
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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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