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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 ¨¨¨¨./†¤§#
###§¤†/«.¨ 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. ¨.«/†¤§###
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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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