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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.       ,,#,###,,,
#####,###,                                          ,,###,,#,,
#,,,,##,,#     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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#,,,#,#,##       NICK IS UNCOMFORTABLE AROUND       ,,########
,#,,#####,          THE "WILD FLESH" VATS.          ,,#,,,,,,,
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