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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 ....:~=**§
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§%~....... 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 .:~=%*§@##
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@§§*%%=~:. COWORKERS. (IN FACT THE COMPANY IS .:~=%%*§§@
##@§*%=~:. AI-RUN AND ONLY A FEW KEY ROLES ARE .:~=%*§@##
@*=~:..... FILLED BY ACTUAL PEOPLE. .....:~=*@
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#@§**%=~:. 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 .:~=%*§###
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§****%=~:. (FREE ROAMING ANIMALS) .:~=%****§
##@§*%=~:. =~ ORGANS .:~=%*§@##
##@§*%=~:. (TAKEN FROM A LIVING HUMAN THAT .:~=%*§@##
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@§**%=~~:. =~ MINERALS .:~~=%**§@
##@§*%=~:. =~ BLOOD COLONY TWO .:~=%*§@##
@**%~~~~:. =~ INSECTS .:~~~~%**@
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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. .:~=%*§@##
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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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