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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. .,»*†%@@##
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#@@@%†*»,. 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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###@%†*»,. *» 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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