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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.  .  .  . ####@%†«,.
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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. ###@*%†«,.
..,,†††%@#                                          #@%†††,,..
.,«†%*@### 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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.,«†%*@### %*%*%*%*%*%*%*%*%*%*%*%*%*%*%*%*%*%*%*%* ###@*%†«,.
.,«†%*@### *% * 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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