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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.) #¤¤¤¤^=~.,
,.~=^¤¤### ###¤¤^=~.,
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,.~=^¤¤¤¤¤ ~~~ ~~~ ~~~ ¤¤¤¤¤^=~.,
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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) ¤¤==..,,,,
,.~=^¤¤### ###¤¤^=~.,
,.~=¤¤#### ~~~ ~~~ ####¤¤=~.,
,,,,,.=¤¤# ~~~ ~~~ ~~~ #¤¤=.,,,,,
,.~=^¤¤### ~~~ ~~~ ###¤¤^=~.,
,.~=^^^¤¤# #¤¤^^^=~.,
,.~=^¤¤### 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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