....~~~^%§ §%^~~~....
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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. #@§%%%^~~.
.~~^%$@### ###@$%^~~.
.~~^%$§§@# #@§§$%^~~.
.~~^^^^%§§ §§%^^^^~~.
.~~^%$§@## ##@§$%^~~.
.~~^%$§@@# #@@§$%^~~.