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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. ##@#£%/~:¨
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¨¨¨¨~~%£££ 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. ##*%~¨¨¨¨¨
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¨¨¨¨:~/%*# 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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¨:~/%*£#@@ ~~~ ~~~ @@#£*%/~:¨
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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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