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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 #$$$=««:¨¨
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¨:«=†$¤### =« PLANT MATTER ###¤$†=«:¨
¨:«=†$¤### =« BLOOD COLONY ###¤$†=«:¨
¨:«=†$¤### (MADE WITH A TYPE OF BACTERIA) ###¤$†=«:¨
¨:«=†$¤### =« WILD FLESH ###¤$†=«:¨
¨:«=†††$$¤ (FREE ROAMING ANIMALS) ¤$$†††=«:¨
¨:«=†$¤¤¤# =« ORGANS #¤¤¤$†=«:¨
¨:«=†$#### (TAKEN FROM A LIVING HUMAN THAT ####$†=«:¨
¨:::«==†¤# IS WILLING TO SELL) #¤†==«:::¨
¨:«=†$¤### =« MINERALS ###¤$†=«:¨
¨¨¨¨«==$$¤ =« BLOOD COLONY TWO ¤$$==«¨¨¨¨
¨:«=†$¤### =« INSECTS ###¤$†=«:¨
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¨:«=†$$$$# MIKU IS IN CHARGE OF THE BLOOD #$$$$†=«:¨
¨:«=†$¤### COLONIES. THERE'S LARGE VATS OF THE ###¤$†=«:¨
¨¨¨¨¨:==$# ORIGINAL CULTURE WHICH IS FED BLOOD #$==:¨¨¨¨¨
¨¨¨¨:«««†¤ MEAL, BONE MEAL, WHAT DOESN'T QUALIFY ¤†«««:¨¨¨¨
¨:«=†$¤### TO GO IN THE "WILD FLESH" PASTE, AND ###¤$†=«:¨
¨::«==††$¤ SOME PROCESSING CHEMICALS. ALL THESE ¤$††==«::¨
¨:«=†$¤### INGREDIENTS HAVE AN EFFECT ON THE BLOOD ###¤$†=«:¨
¨¨¨:«†$$$# 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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¨:«=†$¤### NICK IS UNCOMFORTABLE AROUND ###¤$†=«:¨
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