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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.) @¤$=^~:...
..:~^=$¤@# #@¤$=^~:..
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..:~^=$¤@# ~~~ ~~~ ~~~ #@¤$=^~:..
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....:~^=$¤ ¤$=^~:....
.....:~^=$ 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 $=^~:.....
......:~^= Is Willing To Sell) =^~:......
.......:~^ ^~ Minerals ^~:.......
........:~ ^~ Blood Colony Two ~:........
.........: ^~ Insects :.........
........:~ (Which Are Mainly Used For Their ~:........
.......:~^ Brain, Which Is Used To Extract ^~:.......
......:~^= Receptors That Detect Pheromones) =^~:......
.....:~^=$ $=^~:.....
....:~^=$¤ ~~~ ~~~ ¤$=^~:....
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..:~^=$¤@# ~~~ ~~~ #@¤$=^~:..
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..:~^=$¤@# 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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