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###££^:-~¨ 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 ¨~-:^££###
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###££^:-~¨ 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... ¨~-:^££###
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###££^:-~¨ 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 ¨¨~-:^££##
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###££^:-~¨ the art factory close to the docks. ¨~-:^££###
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###££^:-~¨ 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 ¨~-:^££###
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###££^:-~¨ :- minerals ¨~-:^££###
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###££^:-~¨ :- insects ¨~-:^££###
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###££^:-~¨ 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 ¨¨~-:^££##
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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 ¨¨~-:^££##
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###££^:-~¨ the factory is surrounded by the blood ¨~-:^££###
##££^:-~¨¨ meal farms. there is a constant ¨¨~-:^££##
###££^:-~¨ exchange of blood and blood meal. this ¨~-:^££###
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###££^:-~¨ both the colonies and miku. ¨~-:^££###
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