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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. ###&*§†=,.
.,=†§§*&&@ @&&*§§†=,.
.,=†§*&#@@ 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... &**§§§†=,.
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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. @&§†==,,..
.,=†§*&@## ##@&*§†=,.
...,====§& 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. ##@#*§†=,.
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.,=†§*&#@# THE "WILD FLESH" VATS. #@#&*§†=,.
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