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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. ....~~=@§§
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§§@=...... 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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###§@==~.. 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. ..~==@§###
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####§@=~.. 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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