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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. ,,,,~^%@##
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####@%^~,, 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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