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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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###@%$/«,¨ NICK AND MIKU ARE BOTH STATIONED IN ¨,«/$%@###
##@%$/«,¨¨ EARLY PROCESSING, HOUSED IN A STATE OF ¨¨,«/$%@##
###@%$/«,¨ THE ART FACTORY CLOSE TO THE DOCKS. ¨,«/$%@###
##@%$/«,¨¨ THEY CREATE THE EARLY BUILDING BLOCKS ¨¨,«/$%@##
###@%$/«,¨ THAT ARE LATER COMBINED INTO THE MEALS ¨,«/$%@###
##@%$/«,¨¨ THAT'S SOLD TO CUSTOMERS. ¨¨,«/$%@##
###@%$/«,¨ ¨,«/$%@###
##@%$/«,¨¨ THE BASES ARE MOSTLY SLUDGES ¨¨,«/$%@##
###@%$/«,¨ OR PASTES, SUCH AS: ¨,«/$%@###
##@%$/«,¨¨ ¨¨,«/$%@##
###@%$/«,¨ /« PLANT MATTER ¨,«/$%@###
##@%$/«,¨¨ /« BLOOD COLONY ¨¨,«/$%@##
###@%$/«,¨ (MADE WITH A TYPE OF BACTERIA) ¨,«/$%@###
##@%$/«,¨¨ /« WILD FLESH ¨¨,«/$%@##
###@%$/«,¨ (FREE ROAMING ANIMALS) ¨,«/$%@###
##@%$/«,¨¨ /« ORGANS ¨¨,«/$%@##
###@%$/«,¨ (TAKEN FROM A LIVING HUMAN THAT ¨,«/$%@###
##@%$/«,¨¨ IS WILLING TO SELL) ¨¨,«/$%@##
###@%$/«,¨ /« MINERALS ¨,«/$%@###
##@%$/«,¨¨ /« BLOOD COLONY TWO ¨¨,«/$%@##
###@%$/«,¨ /« INSECTS ¨,«/$%@###
##@%$/«,¨¨ (WHICH ARE MAINLY USED FOR THEIR ¨¨,«/$%@##
###@%$/«,¨ BRAIN, WHICH IS USED TO EXTRACT ¨,«/$%@###
##@%$/«,¨¨ RECEPTORS THAT DETECT PHEROMONES) ¨¨,«/$%@##
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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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