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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. ¨¨¨--~*§§§
§@***~-¨¨¨ ¨¨¨-~***@§
##§§@**~-¨ 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. ¨-~**@§###
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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. ¨-~**@§###
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###§@**~-¨ 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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#§***~-¨¨¨ ~~~ ~~~ ¨¨¨-~***§#
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##@****~-¨ NICK IS UNCOMFORTABLE AROUND ¨-~****@##
###§@**~-¨ THE "WILD FLESH" VATS. ¨-~**@§###
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