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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. ¨--;%**&@@
@&&**%;--¨ ¨--;%**&&@
#@&&*%;--¨ 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.) ¨--;%*&@##
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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: ¨¨¨¨¨¨-%&&
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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. ¨--;%*&@##
#&*%%--¨¨¨ ¨¨¨--%%*&#
##@&*%;--¨ 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. ¨¨¨¨-;;%%&
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##@&*%;--¨ ¨--;%*&@##
@*;;--¨¨¨¨ NICK IS UNCOMFORTABLE AROUND ¨¨¨¨--;;*@
##@&*%;--¨ THE "WILD FLESH" VATS. ¨--;%*&@##
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