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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 ¨:~*%%%%%#
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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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