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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 ,,,,,--^^¤
##¶¤$^:--, WORTH A LOT TO A COMPETITOR. ,--:^$¤¶##
¤¤$^::-,,, ,,,-::^$¤¤
@@¶¤$^:--, HE'S BEEN LUCKY; THE PLACE IS ,--:^$¤¶@@
#@¶¤$^:--, SURPRISINGLY UNGUARDED. ONCE HE'S GOT ,--:^$¤¶@#
¶¶$:-,,,,, HIS PAWS ON SOMETHING WORTHWHILE, IT'LL ,,,,,-:$¶¶
¶¤$^:::--, BE EASY TO JUST WALTZ OUT. UNTIL THEN, ,--:::^$¤¶
##¶¤$^:--, KEEP DOING THE WORK... ,--:^$¤¶##
¤^:-,,,,,, ,,,,,,-:^¤
@¶¤^:---,, 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 ,,,--^^^^¤
#@¶¤$^:--, :- INSECTS ,--:^$¤¶@#
¤$$$^-,,,, (WHICH ARE MAINLY USED FOR THEIR ,,,,-^$$$¤
#@¶¤$^:--, BRAIN, WHICH IS USED TO EXTRACT ,--:^$¤¶@#
¤¤$:--,,,, RECEPTORS THAT DETECT PHEROMONES) ,,,,--:$¤¤
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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 ,,,---::^¤
¤¤$:::---, MEAL FARMS. THERE IS A CONSTANT ,---:::$¤¤
¤$^^---,,, EXCHANGE OF BLOOD AND BLOOD MEAL. THIS ,,,---^^$¤
¤$:::-,,,, PROVIDES TWO OF THE MAJOR MATERIALS FOR ,,,,-:::$¤
¶¤$^^^:--, BOTH THE COLONIES AND MIKU. ,--:^^^$¤¶
#@¶¤$^:--, ,--:^$¤¶@#
#@¶¤$^:--, --- --- ,--:^$¤¶@#
¤¤$::----, --- --- --- ,----::$¤¤
#@¶¤$^:--, --- --- ,--:^$¤¶@#
#@¶¤$^:--, ,--:^$¤¶@#
¤¤¤¤$^:--, NICK IS UNCOMFORTABLE AROUND ,--:^$¤¤¤¤
¶$$^^:--,, THE "WILD FLESH" VATS. ,,--:^^$$¶
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