¨¨¨~==&&@# #@&&==~¨¨¨
¨¨¨¨¨.=†&@ @&†=.¨¨¨¨¨
¨.~=†&@@#@ @#@@&†=~.¨
¨.~=†&@@#@ @#@@&†=~.¨
¨.~=†&&&## ##&&&†=~.¨
¨¨.~~=††&# ¨. ~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~ .¨ #&††=~~.¨¨
¨.~=†&&@#@ 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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