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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. ¨~=\%§@###
#@%=~~¨¨¨¨ ¨¨¨¨~~=%@#
#@§%=~¨¨¨¨ 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. ¨~=\%§@###
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###@§%\=~¨ 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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