,:~=†$§#@# #@#§$†=~:,
,:~=†§#@## ##@#§†=~:,
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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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