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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. ,&,,&,&&&&
,,&,,,,&&, ,&&,&&&,,,
,,&&,,,&,& 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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,,,,,,&&,, 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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