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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 ¨:«^§¤¤@##
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¤¤§^««:¨¨¨ 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 ¨¨¨¨¨¨:^¤¤
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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 ¨¨¨:«^§§¤¤
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##@¤¤§^«:¨ 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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¤¤¤^«:¨¨¨¨ 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 ¨¨¨::«§§¤¤
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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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