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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. ££&&^--^,,
,^-;^&££££ ££££&^;-^,
,^-;^&££## 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: ££&;^,,,,,
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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. ££££&^;-^,
,,,,-;;&£# #£&;;-,,,,
,,^-;^^&£# 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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