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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.) §§¨§§§§¨§¨
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§§¨¨§¨§¨¨§ === === ¨¨§¨¨¨§§¨§
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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. §§¨§§¨¨§§§
¨§¨§¨§¨§¨§ ¨¨§§¨§¨§¨¨
¨§§§§§§§§§ 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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