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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. ##¶§%^\-:,
,:-\^%§¶## ##¶§%^\-:,
,:-\^^%%%¶ 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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,:-\^%§¶## 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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