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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, ......-\$@
#@@¤$%\-~. KEEP DOING THE WORK... .~-\%$¤@@#
@$$\--~... ...~--\$$@
#¤¤$%\\-~. COME TO THINK OF IT, THE PLACE IS .~-\\%$¤¤#
@@@¤$%\-~. ALMOST EERILY EMPTY. THERE ARE FEW .~-\%$¤@@@
###¤$%\-~. COWORKERS. (IN FACT THE COMPANY IS .~-\%$¤###
##@¤$%\-~. AI-RUN AND ONLY A FEW KEY ROLES ARE .~-\%$¤@##
##@¤$%\-~. FILLED BY ACTUAL PEOPLE. .~-\%$¤@##
@¤¤$\\\-~. .~-\\\$¤¤@
¤%--...... NONE OF THE EMPLOYEES KNOW THIS.) ......--%¤
#¤%%\-.... ....-\%%¤#
##@¤$%\-~. --- --- .~-\%$¤@##
##@¤$%\-~. --- --- --- .~-\%$¤@##
##@¤$%\-~. --- --- .~-\%$¤@##
##@¤$%\-~. .~-\%$¤@##
¤$%%%-~~.. NICK AND MIKU ARE BOTH STATIONED IN ..~~-%%%$¤
##@¤$%\-~. EARLY PROCESSING, HOUSED IN A STATE OF .~-\%$¤@##
###@$%\-~. THE ART FACTORY CLOSE TO THE DOCKS. .~-\%$@###
##@¤$%\-~. THEY CREATE THE EARLY BUILDING BLOCKS .~-\%$¤@##
#@$\~..... THAT ARE LATER COMBINED INTO THE MEALS .....~\$@#
¤%%\-~.... THAT'S SOLD TO CUSTOMERS. ....~-\%%¤
¤¤$\~..... .....~\$¤¤
@@$%%---~. THE BASES ARE MOSTLY SLUDGES .~---%%$@@
##@¤$%\-~. OR PASTES, SUCH AS: .~-\%$¤@##
##@¤$%\-~. .~-\%$¤@##
#¤¤%%\-~.. \- PLANT MATTER ..~-\%%¤¤#
##@¤$%\-~. \- BLOOD COLONY .~-\%$¤@##
@$\-...... (MADE WITH A TYPE OF BACTERIA) ......-\$@
¤¤%-~~~... \- WILD FLESH ...~~~-%¤¤
¤$\--..... (FREE ROAMING ANIMALS) .....--\$¤
¤¤¤$%\--~. \- ORGANS .~--\%$¤¤¤
##@¤$%\-~. (TAKEN FROM A LIVING HUMAN THAT .~-\%$¤@##
##@¤$%\-~. IS WILLING TO SELL) .~-\%$¤@##
##@¤$%\-~. \- MINERALS .~-\%$¤@##
##@¤$%\-~. \- BLOOD COLONY TWO .~-\%$¤@##
¤%-~~~.... \- INSECTS ....~~~-%¤
##@¤$%\-~. (WHICH ARE MAINLY USED FOR THEIR .~-\%$¤@##
¤¤%\\~~~~. BRAIN, WHICH IS USED TO EXTRACT .~~~~\\%¤¤
##@¤$%\-~. RECEPTORS THAT DETECT PHEROMONES) .~-\%$¤@##
¤¤$$$%\-~. .~-\%$$$¤¤
##@¤$%\-~. --- --- .~-\%$¤@##
#¤%\--~... --- --- --- ...~--\%¤#
##@¤$%\-~. --- --- .~-\%$¤@##
#¤%\~..... .....~\%¤#
##@¤$%\-~. MIKU IS IN CHARGE OF THE BLOOD .~-\%$¤@##
##@¤$%\-~. COLONIES. THERE'S LARGE VATS OF THE .~-\%$¤@##
##@¤$%\-~. ORIGINAL CULTURE WHICH IS FED BLOOD .~-\%$¤@##
@$%%\-.... MEAL, BONE MEAL, WHAT DOESN'T QUALIFY ....-\%%$@
##@¤$%\-~. TO GO IN THE "WILD FLESH" PASTE, AND .~-\%$¤@##
@$$$%%\-~. 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 .~~~\\$$@@
¤$\--..... PROVIDES TWO OF THE MAJOR MATERIALS FOR .....--\$¤
¤%\\~~.... BOTH THE COLONIES AND MIKU. ....~~\\%¤
##@¤$%\-~. .~-\%$¤@##
@@@¤$%\-~. --- --- .~-\%$¤@@@
#@@¤$%\-~. --- --- --- .~-\%$¤@@#
@@$%%\\-~. --- --- .~-\\%%$@@
#¤$$\\\-~. .~-\\\$$¤#
#¤¤%-..... NICK IS UNCOMFORTABLE AROUND .....-%¤¤#
@$$$%\~... THE "WILD FLESH" VATS. ...~\%$$$@
##@¤$%\-~. .~-\%$¤@##
@@@¤$%\-~. .~-\%$¤@@@
¤¤%-...... ......-%¤¤
##@¤$%\-~. .~-\%$¤@##
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