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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. ,,,,,,^-\*
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-^,,,,,,,, THE BASES ARE MOSTLY SLUDGES ,,,,,,,,^-
^,,,,,,,,, OR PASTES, SUCH AS: ,,,,,,,,,^
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,,,,,,,,,, \- 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 ,,,,,,^-\*
$*\-^,,,,, WHICH IN TURN AFFECTS MIKU. ,,,,,^-\*$
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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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