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§¨¨§¨§¨¨§¨ ¨^ ~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~ ^¨ ¨§¨¨§¨§¨§¨
§¨§§¨§¨§§¨ 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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