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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 ¨¨¨,~:^%§#
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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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