,-~†§%%%¶¶ ¶¶%%%§†~-,
,-~†§%@¶@# #@¶@%§†~-,
,-~†§%@@@@ @@@@%§†~-,
,,,--~~§%@ @%§~~--,,,
,-~†§%@¶@# #@¶@%§†~-,
,-~†§%@¶@# ,- ~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~ -, #@¶@%§†~-,
,,,~~††%%@ 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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,-~†§%@¶¶@ @¶¶@%§†~-,
,,,-~††%@@ @@%††~-,,,