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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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##†=...... 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 ......†§§@
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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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