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##£$*^=~.. Nick wilde Is A Red Fox And A Conman. ..~=^*$£##
###£$*^=~. .~ ======= ======= ======= ~. .~=^*$£###
##£$*^=~.. ..~=^*$£##
#£$*^=~... He'S Not Above Petty Crime, But He ...~=^*$£#
£$*^=~.... Knows That If He Puts In A Bit Of Work, ....~=^*$£
$*^=~..... He Will Find Much More Lucrative .....~=^*$
*^=~...... Rewards. ......~=^*
^=~....... .......~=^
=~........ And Thus He'S Currently Working ........~=
~......... Alongside Hatsune miku For A Company .........~
=~........ That Makes Synthetic Meal Replacements. ........~=
^=~....... He'S Got A Vague Outline Of A Plan, To .......~=^
*^=~...... Scatter With Some Product, Or Even ......~=^*
$*^=~..... Better, Some Formula? These Things Are .....~=^*$
£$*^=~.... Worth A Lot To A Competitor. ....~=^*$£
#£$*^=~... ...~=^*$£#
##£$*^=~.. He'S Been Lucky; The Place Is ..~=^*$£##
###£$*^=~. Surprisingly Unguarded. Once He'S Got .~=^*$£###
##£$*^=~.. His Paws On Something Worthwhile, It'Ll ..~=^*$£##
#£$*^=~... Be Easy To Just Waltz Out. Until Then, ...~=^*$£#
£$*^=~.... Keep Doing The Work... ....~=^*$£
$*^=~..... .....~=^*$
*^=~...... Come To Think Of It, The Place Is ......~=^*
^=~....... Almost Eerily Empty. There Are Few .......~=^
=~........ Coworkers. (In Fact The Company Is ........~=
~......... Ai-Run And Only A Few Key Roles Are .........~
=~........ Filled By Actual People. ........~=
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*^=~...... None Of The Employees Know This.) ......~=^*
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##£$*^=~.. Nick And Miku Are Both Stationed In ..~=^*$£##
#£$*^=~... Early Processing, Housed In A State Of ...~=^*$£#
£$*^=~.... The Art Factory Close To The Docks. ....~=^*$£
$*^=~..... They Create The Early Building Blocks .....~=^*$
*^=~...... That Are Later Combined Into The Meals ......~=^*
^=~....... That'S Sold To Customers. .......~=^
=~........ ........~=
~......... The Bases Are Mostly Sludges .........~
=~........ Or Pastes, Such As: ........~=
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*^=~...... ^= Plant Matter ......~=^*
$*^=~..... ^= Blood Colony .....~=^*$
£$*^=~.... (Made With A Type Of Bacteria) ....~=^*$£
#£$*^=~... ^= Wild Flesh ...~=^*$£#
##£$*^=~.. (Free Roaming Animals) ..~=^*$£##
###£$*^=~. ^= Organs .~=^*$£###
##£$*^=~.. (Taken From A Living Human That ..~=^*$£##
#£$*^=~... Is Willing To Sell) ...~=^*$£#
£$*^=~.... ^= Minerals ....~=^*$£
$*^=~..... ^= Blood Colony Two .....~=^*$
*^=~...... ^= Insects ......~=^*
^=~....... (Which Are Mainly Used For Their .......~=^
=~........ Brain, Which Is Used To Extract ........~=
~......... Receptors That Detect Pheromones) .........~
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#£$*^=~... Miku Is In Charge Of The Blood ...~=^*$£#
##£$*^=~.. Colonies. There'S Large Vats Of The ..~=^*$£##
###£$*^=~. Original Culture Which Is Fed Blood .~=^*$£###
##£$*^=~.. Meal, Bone Meal, What Doesn'T Qualify ..~=^*$£##
#£$*^=~... To Go In The "Wild Flesh" Paste, And ...~=^*$£#
£$*^=~.... Some Processing Chemicals. All These ....~=^*$£
$*^=~..... Ingredients Have An Effect On The Blood .....~=^*$
*^=~...... Which In Turn Affects Miku. ......~=^*
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=~........ There Is A Large Tank Behind The ........~=
~......... Factory That Contains A Vast Number Of .........~
=~........ Auxilliary Blood Colonies. Miku Watches ........~=
^=~....... Over These As Well. Their Purpose Is .......~=^
*^=~...... Unclear. ......~=^*
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£$*^=~.... The Factory Is Surrounded By The Blood ....~=^*$£
#£$*^=~... Meal Farms. There Is A Constant ...~=^*$£#
##£$*^=~.. Exchange Of Blood And Blood Meal. This ..~=^*$£##
###£$*^=~. Provides Two Of The Major Materials For .~=^*$£###
##£$*^=~.. Both The Colonies And Miku. ..~=^*$£##
#£$*^=~... ...~=^*$£#
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=~........ Nick Is Uncomfortable Around ........~=
~......... The "Wild flesh" Vats. .........~
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