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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. ####**/-.,
,,.-/**### ###**/-.,,
,.-/**#### 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. ####**/-.,
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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 ####**/-.,
,,.-/**### the "wild flesh" vats. ###**/-.,,
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