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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...          #,,##,#,,,
#,,#,,,###                                          ##,#,###,,
##,##,,#,,     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:           #,#,,#,,,#
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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.       ,##,,##,,,
,#,#,#,##,                                          ,#,#,#,#,,
,#######,#     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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