#@#¤&^†~.¨ ¨.~†^&¤#@#
###¤&^†~.¨ ¨.~†^&¤###
#@#¤&^†~.¨ ¨.~†^&¤#@#
#@#¤&^†~.¨ ¨.~†^&¤#@#
#@#¤&^†~.¨ ¨.~†^&¤#@#
@@#¤&^†~.¨ ¨. ~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~ .¨ ¨.~†^&¤#@@
#@#¤&^†~.¨ nick wilde is a red fox and a conman. ¨.~†^&¤#@#
###¤&^†~.¨ ¨. ~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~ .¨ ¨.~†^&¤###
#@#¤&^†~.¨ ¨.~†^&¤#@#
#@#¤&^†~.¨ 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. ¨.~†^&¤#@#
##@#¤&^†~¨ ¨~†^&¤#@##
¤&&^††.¨¨¨ 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... ¨.~†^&¤##@
#&&†~.¨¨¨¨ ¨¨¨¨.~†&&#
#@#¤&^†~.¨ 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.) ¨.~†^&¤#@#
#@#¤&^†~.¨ ¨.~†^&¤#@#
#¤^~...¨¨¨ ~~~ ~~~ ¨¨¨...~^¤#
¤¤&&††..¨¨ ~~~ ~~~ ~~~ ¨¨..††&&¤¤
###¤&^†~.¨ ~~~ ~~~ ¨.~†^&¤###
#@#¤&^†~.¨ ¨.~†^&¤#@#
###¤&^†~.¨ 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 ¨¨¨¨¨..†&¤
@¤¤^^†~~.¨ or pastes, such as: ¨.~~†^^¤¤@
#¤¤¤&^†~.¨ ¨.~†^&¤¤¤#
#¤¤¤&^†~.¨ †~ 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) ¨.~†^&¤¤¤@
##@#¤^†~.¨ ¨.~†^¤#@##
#&†..¨¨¨¨¨ ~~~ ~~~ ¨¨¨¨¨..†&#
¤^^~..¨¨¨¨ ~~~ ~~~ ~~~ ¨¨¨¨..~^^¤
¤^^††††~.¨ ~~~ ~~~ ¨.~††††^^¤
@@#¤&^†~.¨ ¨.~†^&¤#@@
###¤&^†~.¨ 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. ¨.~†^&¤#@#
@¤^^†.¨¨¨¨ ¨¨¨¨.†^^¤@
#¤^^†.¨¨¨¨ ~~~ ~~~ ¨¨¨¨.†^^¤#
¤¤&^^^†~.¨ ~~~ ~~~ ~~~ ¨.~†^^^&¤¤
#@#¤&^†~.¨ ~~~ ~~~ ¨.~†^&¤#@#
@¤&†~¨¨¨¨¨ ¨¨¨¨¨~†&¤@
@@#¤&^†~.¨ nick is uncomfortable around ¨.~†^&¤#@@
@#&^†~.¨¨¨ the "wild flesh" vats. ¨¨¨.~†^&#@
@#&††.¨¨¨¨ ¨¨¨¨.††&#@
#&&†..¨¨¨¨ ¨¨¨¨..†&&#
#&^^†~¨¨¨¨ ¨¨¨¨~†^^&#
@@#¤&^†~.¨ ¨.~†^&¤#@@
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