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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. ¨¨¨,~/^*¤#
¤*^/~,¨¨¨¨ ¨¨¨¨,~/^*¤
#¤*^/~,¨¨¨ 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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