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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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##@#$=†=:¨ COME TO THINK OF IT, THE PLACE IS ¨:=†=$#@##
#@#$=†=:¨¨ ALMOST EERILY EMPTY. THERE ARE FEW ¨¨:=†=$#@#
##@#$=†=:¨ COWORKERS. (IN FACT THE COMPANY IS ¨:=†=$#@##
#@#$=†=:¨¨ AI-RUN AND ONLY A FEW KEY ROLES ARE ¨¨:=†=$#@#
##@#$=†=:¨ FILLED BY ACTUAL PEOPLE. ¨:=†=$#@##
#@#$=†=:¨¨ ¨¨:=†=$#@#
##@#$=†=:¨ NONE OF THE EMPLOYEES KNOW THIS.) ¨:=†=$#@##
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##@#$=†=:¨ NICK AND MIKU ARE BOTH STATIONED IN ¨:=†=$#@##
#@#$=†=:¨¨ EARLY PROCESSING, HOUSED IN A STATE OF ¨¨:=†=$#@#
##@#$=†=:¨ THE ART FACTORY CLOSE TO THE DOCKS. ¨:=†=$#@##
#@#$=†=:¨¨ THEY CREATE THE EARLY BUILDING BLOCKS ¨¨:=†=$#@#
##@#$=†=:¨ THAT ARE LATER COMBINED INTO THE MEALS ¨:=†=$#@##
#@#$=†=:¨¨ THAT'S SOLD TO CUSTOMERS. ¨¨:=†=$#@#
##@#$=†=:¨ ¨:=†=$#@##
#@#$=†=:¨¨ THE BASES ARE MOSTLY SLUDGES ¨¨:=†=$#@#
##@#$=†=:¨ OR PASTES, SUCH AS: ¨:=†=$#@##
#@#$=†=:¨¨ ¨¨:=†=$#@#
##@#$=†=:¨ †= PLANT MATTER ¨:=†=$#@##
#@#$=†=:¨¨ †= BLOOD COLONY ¨¨:=†=$#@#
##@#$=†=:¨ (MADE WITH A TYPE OF BACTERIA) ¨:=†=$#@##
#@#$=†=:¨¨ †= WILD FLESH ¨¨:=†=$#@#
##@#$=†=:¨ (FREE ROAMING ANIMALS) ¨:=†=$#@##
#@#$=†=:¨¨ †= ORGANS ¨¨:=†=$#@#
##@#$=†=:¨ (TAKEN FROM A LIVING HUMAN THAT ¨:=†=$#@##
#@#$=†=:¨¨ IS WILLING TO SELL) ¨¨:=†=$#@#
##@#$=†=:¨ †= MINERALS ¨:=†=$#@##
#@#$=†=:¨¨ †= BLOOD COLONY TWO ¨¨:=†=$#@#
##@#$=†=:¨ †= INSECTS ¨:=†=$#@##
#@#$=†=:¨¨ (WHICH ARE MAINLY USED FOR THEIR ¨¨:=†=$#@#
##@#$=†=:¨ BRAIN, WHICH IS USED TO EXTRACT ¨:=†=$#@##
#@#$=†=:¨¨ RECEPTORS THAT DETECT PHEROMONES) ¨¨:=†=$#@#
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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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