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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.         ,,###,##,#
###,,,,,##                                          ,,#,,##,##
,,,#,,,,#,    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:           ,,#######,
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,,##,###,#  ;« 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.        #,,,#,,##,
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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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