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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. ¤¤¤;;«,¨¨¨
¨,«;^¤¤@## ##@¤¤^;«,¨
¨¨¨¨«««^^¤ 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 @¤^«,¨¨¨¨¨
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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. @@¤^^^;«,¨
¨,«;^¤¤@## ##@¤¤^;«,¨
¨¨¨¨,««;^¤ 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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