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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 ¨,«/^%@@@@
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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 ¨,«/^%@@##
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@@@%^//«,¨ 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 ¨,«/^%@@@@
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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 ¨¨,,/^%%@#
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@%%^//,,¨¨ /« WILD FLESH ¨¨,,//^%%@
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@@@^^«««,¨ IS WILLING TO SELL) ¨,«««^^@@@
##@@%^/«,¨ /« MINERALS ¨,«/^%@@##
##@@%^/«,¨ /« BLOOD COLONY TWO ¨,«/^%@@##
@%^^/,¨¨¨¨ /« INSECTS ¨¨¨¨,/^^%@
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@%%%%^/«,¨ BRAIN, WHICH IS USED TO EXTRACT ¨,«/^%%%%@
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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 ¨¨¨¨,«^^^@
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##@@%^/«,¨ SOME PROCESSING CHEMICALS. ALL THESE ¨,«/^%@@##
##@@%^/«,¨ INGREDIENTS HAVE AN EFFECT ON THE BLOOD ¨,«/^%@@##
@%//,,¨¨¨¨ WHICH IN TURN AFFECTS MIKU. ¨¨¨¨,,//%@
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##@@%^/«,¨ FACTORY THAT CONTAINS A VAST NUMBER OF ¨,«/^%@@##
@@@@%^/«,¨ AUXILLIARY BLOOD COLONIES. MIKU WATCHES ¨,«/^%@@@@
###@@%^/«¨ OVER THESE AS WELL. THEIR PURPOSE IS ¨«/^%@@###
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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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