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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. ##@¶§%*:~:
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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: #@¶§%*:~:¨
¨¨¨¨¨¨~*§§ §§*~¨¨¨¨¨¨
¨¨¨¨¨:~:%§ :~ 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. §§*~:::¨¨¨
¨:~:*%§@## ##@§%*:~:¨
¨:~:*%§¶@# 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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