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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. ¨¨:~/%¤§£#
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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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