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¨¨¨§¨§¨§¨§ ¨^ »»»»»»» »»»»»»» »»»»»»» ^¨ §§§¨¨¨§¨¨§
¨¨§§§§§§§§ 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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