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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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.-~/†$§### COME TO THINK OF IT, THE PLACE IS ###§$†/~-.
.-~/†$§### ALMOST EERILY EMPTY. THERE ARE FEW ###§$†/~-.
.-~/†$§### COWORKERS. (IN FACT THE COMPANY IS ###§$†/~-.
.-~/†$§### AI-RUN AND ONLY A FEW KEY ROLES ARE ###§$†/~-.
...-~/$$§§ FILLED BY ACTUAL PEOPLE. §§$$/~-...
.-~/†$§§## ##§§$†/~-.
...-~~/$§# NONE OF THE EMPLOYEES KNOW THIS.) #§$/~~-...
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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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.-~/†$§### MIKU IS IN CHARGE OF THE BLOOD ###§$†/~-.
...--~†$§# COLONIES. THERE'S LARGE VATS OF THE #§$†~--...
.-~/†$$§§# ORIGINAL CULTURE WHICH IS FED BLOOD #§§$$†/~-.
...~~†$$$§ MEAL, BONE MEAL, WHAT DOESN'T QUALIFY §$$$†~~...
.-~/†$$$## TO GO IN THE "WILD FLESH" PASTE, AND ##$$$†/~-.
....-~†$## SOME PROCESSING CHEMICALS. ALL THESE ##$†~-....
.-~/†$§### INGREDIENTS HAVE AN EFFECT ON THE BLOOD ###§$†/~-.
.-~/†$§### WHICH IN TURN AFFECTS MIKU. ###§$†/~-.
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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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