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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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$%*«,,,,,, AND THUS HE'S CURRENTLY WORKING ,,,,,,«*%$
§$%*«,,,,, ALONGSIDE HATSUNE MIKU FOR A COMPANY ,,,,,«*%$§
@§$%*«,,,, THAT MAKES SYNTHETIC MEAL REPLACEMENTS. ,,,,«*%$§@
@@§$%*«,,, HE'S GOT A VAGUE OUTLINE OF A PLAN, TO ,,,«*%$§@@
#@@§$%*«,, SCATTER WITH SOME PRODUCT, OR EVEN ,,«*%$§@@#
@@§$%*«,,, BETTER, SOME FORMULA? THESE THINGS ARE ,,,«*%$§@@
@§$%*«,,,, WORTH A LOT TO A COMPETITOR. ,,,,«*%$§@
§$%*«,,,,, ,,,,,«*%$§
$%*«,,,,,, HE'S BEEN LUCKY; THE PLACE IS ,,,,,,«*%$
%*«,,,,,,, SUPRISINGLY UNGUARDED. ONCE HE'S GOT ,,,,,,,«*%
$%*«,,,,,, HIS PAWS ON SOMETHING WORTHWILE, IT'LL ,,,,,,«*%$
§$%*«,,,,, BE EASY TO JUST WALTZ OUT. UNTIL THEN, ,,,,,«*%$§
@§$%*«,,,, KEEP DOING THE WORK... ,,,,«*%$§@
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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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@@§$%*«,,, THE BASES ARE MOSTLY SLUDGES ,,,«*%$§@@
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@§$%*«,,,, *« PLANT MATTER ,,,,«*%$§@
§$%*«,,,,, *« BLOOD COLONY ,,,,,«*%$§
$%*«,,,,,, (MADE WITH A TYPE OF BACTERIA) ,,,,,,«*%$
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$%*«,,,,,, (FREE ROAMING ANIMALS) ,,,,,,«*%$
§$%*«,,,,, *« ORGANS ,,,,,«*%$§
@§$%*«,,,, (TAKEN FROM A LIVING HUMAN THAT ,,,,«*%$§@
@@§$%*«,,, IS WILLING TO SELL) ,,,«*%$§@@
#@@§$%*«,, *« MINERALS ,,«*%$§@@#
@@§$%*«,,, *« BLOOD COLONY TWO ,,,«*%$§@@
@§$%*«,,,, *« INSECTS ,,,,«*%$§@
§$%*«,,,,, (WHICH ARE MAINLY USED FOR THEIR ,,,,,«*%$§
$%*«,,,,,, BRAIN, WHICH IS USED TO EXTRACT ,,,,,,«*%$
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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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