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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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