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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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§$†*=-,,,, NICK AND MIKU ARE BOTH STATIONED IN ,,,,-=*†$§
@§$†*=-,,, EARLY PROCESSING, HOUSED IN A STATE OF ,,,-=*†$§@
#@§$†*=-,, THE ART FACTORY CLOSE TO THE DOCKS. ,,-=*†$§@#
##@§$†*=-, THEY CREATE THE EARLY BUILDING BLOCKS ,-=*†$§@##
#@§$†*=-,, THAT ARE LATER COMBINED INTO THE MEALS ,,-=*†$§@#
@§$†*=-,,, THAT'S SOLD TO CUSTOMERS. ,,,-=*†$§@
§$†*=-,,,, ,,,,-=*†$§
$†*=-,,,,, THE BASES ARE MOSTLY SLUDGES ,,,,,-=*†$
†*=-,,,,,, 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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