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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.       ,#,,,##,#,
,,##,,,#,#                                          ,##,,#,###
#,#,#,,###      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:           ,,,#,,,#,#
,#,####,#,                                          #,,##,,###
####,,,###  †~ 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.       ,,##,,,#,,
,#,##,##,#                                          ,,#,#,,##,
,###,##,##     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.                 ,#,,,##,#,
,,##,,,#,#                                          ,##,,#,###
#,#,#,,###  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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