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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 ¤%††,¨¨¨¨¨
¨,~†%$¤¤## ai-run and only a few key roles are ##¤¤$%†~,¨
¨¨¨¨¨~†$## filled by actual people. ##$†~¨¨¨¨¨
¨¨¨¨¨¨~%$# #$%~¨¨¨¨¨¨
¨,~~~~†$$¤ none of the employees know this.) ¤$$†~~~~,¨
¨¨¨¨¨¨~%$# #$%~¨¨¨¨¨¨
¨¨¨,,,†$¤# ~~~ ~~~ #¤$†,,,¨¨¨
¨¨¨¨¨~%$## ~~~ ~~~ ~~~ ##$%~¨¨¨¨¨
¨,~†%$¤### ~~~ ~~~ ###¤$%†~,¨
¨,~†%$¤### ###¤$%†~,¨
¨,~†%$¤### nick and miku are both stationed in ###¤$%†~,¨
¨,~†%$¤### early processing, housed in a state of ###¤$%†~,¨
¨,~†%%%%¤# 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 ¤%††~¨¨¨¨¨
¨,~†%$¤### receptors that detect pheromones) ###¤$%†~,¨
¨,~†%$¤### ###¤$%†~,¨
¨,~†%$#### ~~~ ~~~ ####$%†~,¨
¨,,~†††%%¤ ~~~ ~~~ ~~~ ¤%%†††~,,¨
¨,~~~††$## ~~~ ~~~ ##$††~~~,¨
¨,~†††%%$¤ ¤$%%†††~,¨
¨,~†%$¤### miku is in charge of the blood ###¤$%†~,¨
¨,~†%$¤### colonies. there's large vats of the ###¤$%†~,¨
¨,~†%$¤### original culture which is fed blood ###¤$%†~,¨
¨¨,~~~~%¤¤ 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 ¤%~~~,¨¨¨¨
¨,~†%$¤### over these as well. their purpose is ###¤$%†~,¨
¨,~†%$¤### unclear. ###¤$%†~,¨
¨,~†%$¤### ###¤$%†~,¨
¨¨¨¨¨,~†$# the factory is surrounded by the blood #$†~,¨¨¨¨¨
¨,~†%$¤### meal farms. there is a constant ###¤$%†~,¨
¨,~†%$$¤## exchange of blood and blood meal. this ##¤$$%†~,¨
¨,~†%$¤### provides two of the major materials for ###¤$%†~,¨
¨,~†%$¤¤## both the colonies and miku. ##¤¤$%†~,¨
¨¨¨¨¨,†%¤# #¤%†,¨¨¨¨¨
¨,~†%¤#### ~~~ ~~~ ####¤%†~,¨
¨,~†%$¤### ~~~ ~~~ ~~~ ###¤$%†~,¨
¨,~†%$#### ~~~ ~~~ ####$%†~,¨
¨¨¨¨¨,,†$# #$†,,¨¨¨¨¨
¨¨¨¨,,~%$¤ nick is uncomfortable around ¤$%~,,¨¨¨¨
¨,~~~%%¤## the "wild flesh" vats. ##¤%%~~~,¨
¨¨¨¨¨~%%¤¤ ¤¤%%~¨¨¨¨¨
¨¨¨¨~†$¤¤# #¤¤$†~¨¨¨¨
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¨¨¨¨,,,†$¤ ¤$†,,,¨¨¨¨
¨,~†%$#### ####$%†~,¨