,,,,~===%@ @%===~,,,,
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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 @%%**=,,,,
,~=*%$@@@@ BOTH THE COLONIES AND MIKU. @@@@$%*=~,
,~=*%$@££# #££@$%*=~,
,~=*%$@£## === === ##£@$%*=~,
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,~=%$@£### === === ###£@$%=~,
,,,,,,~=%@ @%=~,,,,,,
,,,,,~**%@ NICK IS UNCOMFORTABLE AROUND @%**~,,,,,
,~=*%$@£## THE "WILD FLESH" VATS. ##£@$%*=~,
,,,,,,=%@@ @@%=,,,,,,
,,,~=%%$£# #£$%%=~,,,
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