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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. ¨¨~-/%§§#@
#§§%/-~¨¨¨ ¨¨¨~-/%§§#
@#§§%/-~¨¨ 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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