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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... :,,,,,,,,,
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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. #£%††»:,,,
,,:»††%£## ##£%††»:,,
,:»††%£### 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 »:,,,,,,,,
,,,,,,,:»† 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. :,,,,,,,,,
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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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,,,,:»††%£ »»» »»» »»» £%††»:,,,,
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,,:»††%£## ##£%††»:,,
,:»††%£### nick is uncomfortable around ###£%††»:,
,,:»††%£## the "wild flesh" vats. ##£%††»:,,
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