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,^»:§¤£### nick wilde is a red fox and a conman. ###£¤§:»^,
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,^»:§¤£### 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. ###£¤§:»^,
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,,,^»§¤£## 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... £¤¤:^^,,,,
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,^»:§¤£### 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. £££§§:»^^,
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,^»:§¤£### the bases are mostly sludges ###£¤§:»^,
,^»:§¤£### or pastes, such as: ###£¤§:»^,
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,^»:§£#### :» plant matter ####£§:»^,
,^»:§¤£### :» blood colony ###£¤§:»^,
,^»:§¤£### (made with a type of bacteria) ###£¤§:»^,
,^»:§§§£££ :» wild flesh £££§§§:»^,
,,,,,^»»§£ (free roaming animals) £§»»^,,,,,
,,,,^:§££# :» organs #££§:^,,,,
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,^»:§¤£### is willing to sell) ###£¤§:»^,
,^»:§¤£### :» minerals ###£¤§:»^,
,,,,,,»»§£ :» blood colony two £§»»,,,,,,
,^»:§¤£### :» insects ###£¤§:»^,
,,,,,»»§¤£ (which are mainly used for their £¤§»»,,,,,
,,,,^»::¤£ brain, which is used to extract £¤::»^,,,,
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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. ##£¤§»^,,,
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,^»:§¤£### 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. #£¤¤¤§:»^,
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,,,,,^^:¤£ 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 ###£¤§:»^,
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