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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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¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨^ nick is uncomfortable around ^¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨
¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨^« the "wild flesh" vats. «^¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨
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