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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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