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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. ,:==§§¤#@#
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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 ,:==§§¤#@#
#@#¤§§==:, Or Pastes, Such As: ,:==§§¤#@#
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##@¤§§==:, (Made With A Type Of Bacteria) ,:==§§¤@##
#@#¤§§==:, == Wild Flesh ,:==§§¤#@#
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##@#¤§==:, (Taken From A Living Human That ,:==§¤#@##
##@¤§§==:, Is Willing To Sell) ,:==§§¤@##
#@#¤§§==:, == Minerals ,:==§§¤#@#
#@#¤§§==:, == Blood Colony Two ,:==§§¤#@#
#@#¤§§==:, == Insects ,:==§§¤#@#
¤§§§§§==:, (Which Are Mainly Used For Their ,:==§§§§§¤
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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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¤¤§§=:,,,, The "Wild flesh" Vats. ,,,,:=§§¤¤
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