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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. §¨§¨§¨§¨§¨
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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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¨§¨§¨§¨§¨§ 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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