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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. ..,*^£§#@#
@#§£^*,... ...,*^£§#@
#§£^*,.... 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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