....==*§§§ §§§*==....
..~=^*§@## ##@§*^=~..
....==*§@@ @@§*==....
.....=*§§§ §§§*=.....
...~~=^^§@ @§^^=~~...
..~=^*§### .. ~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~ .. ###§*^=~..
.~=^*§@### 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. ###§*^=~..
..~=^*§@## ##@§*^=~..
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