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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 ,,,,,~«\$£
$\«~,,,,,, THE ART FACTORY CLOSE TO THE DOCKS. ,,,,,,~«\$
\«~,,,,,,, THEY CREATE THE EARLY BUILDING BLOCKS ,,,,,,,~«\
«~,,,,,,,, THAT ARE LATER COMBINED INTO THE MEALS ,,,,,,,,~«
~,,,,,,,,, THAT'S SOLD TO CUSTOMERS. ,,,,,,,,,~
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~,,,,,,,,, THE BASES ARE MOSTLY SLUDGES ,,,,,,,,,~
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$\«~,,,,,, \« 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 ,,,,,~«\$£
§£$\«~,,,, BOTH THE COLONIES AND MIKU. ,,,,~«\$£§
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§£$\«~,,,, NICK IS UNCOMFORTABLE AROUND ,,,,~«\$£§
£$\«~,,,,, THE "WILD FLESH" VATS. ,,,,,~«\$£
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