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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. &&..&....&
&&..&&&... .&.&&...&.
.&.&..&... 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... &&&.&.....
&.&...&... ..&&&....&
&&&..&&..& 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 &&&&.&&&.&
&.&&&..&&& 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) &&.&&&&&..
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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. &.&..&&.&&
&&..&.&&&& &&&.&.&&..
.&.&&&.... 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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