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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.) §¨§¨§§§§¨§
¨¨¨¨§§¨¨¨¨ §§§§¨¨¨§§§
¨¨¨§¨§¨¨¨¨ »»» »»» ¨¨¨§¨¨§¨¨§
¨¨§§§§¨¨¨§ »»» »»» »»» ¨¨§§¨§§¨§§
¨§¨¨¨§¨¨§¨ »»» »»» ¨§¨§§¨§§¨§
§§¨¨§§¨§§¨ §§§¨§§¨§§§
¨§¨§¨§§¨§§ 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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