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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. .@@@..@...
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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. .@@..@@@@.
@@..@@@.@@ @.@.@...@.
.@.@..@@.. 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: ..@.@.@@@.
@.@@..@@@. .@@@@@..@.
@@.@.@..@. †~ 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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