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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. ¨¨:=*§%§##
#§%§*=:¨¨¨ ¨¨¨:=*§%§#
##§%§*=:¨¨ 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... ¨¨:=*§%§##
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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. ¨¨:=*§%§##
###§%§*=:¨ ¨:=*§%§###
##§%§*=:¨¨ 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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