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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.         .#.##.#.#.
#..#.#.#.#                                          .#..#.#.#.
#.##.#.#.#     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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#.##.#.#.#                  --- ---                 .#.##.#.#.
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#.##.#.#.#                  --- ---                 .#.##.#.#.
#..#.#.#.#                                          .#..#.#.#.
#.##.#.#.#       NICK IS UNCOMFORTABLE AROUND       .#.##.#.#.
#..#.#.#.#          THE "WILD FLESH" VATS.          .#..#.#.#.
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