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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. ##@@£^*~-.
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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 #@@£^*~-..
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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. ##@@£^*~-.
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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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