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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. ¨^-;*%#@##
###@%*;-^¨ ¨^-;*%@###
##@#%*;-^¨ 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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##@#%*;-^¨ --- --- ¨^-;*%#@##
#%**;;;-^¨ --- --- --- ¨^-;;;**%#
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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. ¨¨¨¨-;;%@#
###%;--^¨¨ ¨¨^--;%###
###**;^¨¨¨ 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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