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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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,,,,,==%§@ @§%==,,,,,
,,,===*%§£ 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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