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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... ...-~^^£#¶
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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 ......-~^^
£^^~-..... 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: .-~^^£#¶##
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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. ...-~^^£#¶
#¶#£^^~-.. ..-~^^£#¶#
##¶#£^^~-. 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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