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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. @££;»,,,,,
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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... #@&&£§;»,,
,,»;§£&@## ##@&£§;»,,
,,»;§£&@## 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: ##@&£§;»,,
,,»;§£&@@# #@@&£§;»,,
,,»;§£&&&& ;» 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. ##@&£§;»,,
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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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