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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.) ####¤*^»,,
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,,»^*§#### »»» »»» ####§*^»,,
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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: ###¤§*^»,,
,,,,,»*§¤¤ ¤¤§*»,,,,,
,,»^*§¤### ^» 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. ###¤§*^»,,
,,»^*§¤### ###¤§*^»,,
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,,»^*§¤### »»» »»» »»» ###¤§*^»,,
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,,,,,»^§§# #§§^»,,,,,
,,»^*§¤### NICK IS UNCOMFORTABLE AROUND ###¤§*^»,,
,,,»»»»^*¤ THE "WILD FLESH" VATS. ¤*^»»»»,,,
,,»^*§¤### ###¤§*^»,,
,,,,»^*§¤# #¤§*^»,,,,
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