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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. ##@§@†:-,,
,,,,,:†@@§ §@@†:,,,,,
,,,,,,-†§@ 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.) ##@§@†:-,,
,,,,,-†@§@ @§@†-,,,,,
,,-:@§@### --- --- ###@§@:-,,
,,-:†@§@## --- --- --- ##@§@†:-,,
,,-:†@§@## --- --- ##@§@†:-,,
,,-:†@§@## ##@§@†:-,,
,,-:†@§@@@ 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. #§†:,,,,,,
,,,,,,,:†§ §†:,,,,,,,
,,-:†@§@## ##@§@†:-,,
,,-:†@§@## ##@§@†:-,,
,,-:†@§§§@ @§§§@†:-,,
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