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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. ,-=*%&#@##
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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: ,-=*%&####
##@#&%*=-, ,-=*%&#@##
#&%*=,,,,, *= 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. ,-*%&#@###
#%*=-,,,,, ,,,,,-=*%#
###@#&%=-, 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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