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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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