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###%**~^¨¨ ¨^ ~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~ ^¨ ¨¨^~**%###
####%**~^¨ NICK WILDE IS A RED FOX AND A CONMAN. ¨^~**%####
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###%**~^¨¨ 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. ¨^~**%####
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####%**~^¨ 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. ¨^~**%####
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####%**~^¨ 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... ¨^~**%####
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####%**~^¨ 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. ¨¨^~**%###
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###%**~^¨¨ 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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