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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.) ¨¤¨¤¨¤¤¨¤¨
¤¤¨¨¤¨¨¤¤¤ ¨¤¤¤¤¤¨¤¤¤
¨¨¤¨¤¤¨¤¨¨ ~~~ ~~~ ¤¤¨¨¨¨¤¤¨¨
¨¨¤¤¤¨¤¤¤¨ ~~~ ~~~ ~~~ ¤¨¤¨¨¨¤¨¤¨
¨¨¤¨¨¤¤¨¨¤ ~~~ ~~~ ¨¤¤¤¨¨¤¤¤¤
¤¨¤¤¨¤¨¤¨¤ ¨¤¨¨¤¨¤¨¨¨
¤¤¤¨¤¤¤¤¤¤ 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. ¨¤¨¨¨¨¤¤¤¤
¨¤¨¨¨¨¨¤¤¨ ¤¤¤¨¨¨¤¨¨¨
¨¤¤¨¨¨¨¤¨¤ ~~~ ~~~ ¨¨¨¤¨¨¤¤¨¨
¨¤¨¤¨¨¨¤¤¤ ~~~ ~~~ ~~~ ¨¨¨¤¤¨¤¨¤¨
¨¤¤¤¤¨¨¤¨¨ ~~~ ~~~ ¨¨¨¤¨¤¤¤¤¤
¤¤¨¨¨¤¨¤¤¨ ¨¨¨¤¤¤¨¨¨¨
¤¨¤¨¨¤¤¤¨¤ NICK IS UNCOMFORTABLE AROUND ¨¨¨¤¨¨¤¨¨¨
¤¤¤¤¨¤¨¨¤¤ THE "WILD FLESH" VATS. ¤¨¨¤¤¨¤¤¨¨
¤¨¨¨¤¤¤¨¤¨ ¨¤¨¤¨¤¤¨¤¨
¤¤¨¨¤¨¨¤¤¤ ¨¤¤¤¤¤¨¤¤¤
¨¨¤¨¤¤¨¤¨¨ ¤¤¨¨¨¨¤¤¨¨
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