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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.) #§§/~~....
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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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....--/&§§ ~~~ ~~~ §§&/--....
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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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.-~/§&§### ~~~ ~~~ ###§&§/~-.
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.-~/§&§### nick is uncomfortable around ###§&§/~-.
..-~////§§ the "wild flesh" vats. §§////~-..
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