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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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#§§::~-,,, 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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#§%::::~-, :~ 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 ,-~:%§##@#
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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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