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¨,«/*%@£@# #@£@%*/«,¨
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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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¨,«/*%@£@# #@£@%*/«,¨
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