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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. ,-~:†§##@#
@##§†:~-,, ,,-~:†§##@
#@##§†:~-, 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. ,-~:†§##@#
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#@##§†:~-, NICK IS UNCOMFORTABLE AROUND ,-~:†§##@#
@##§†:~-,, THE "WILD FLESH" VATS. ,,-~:†§##@
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