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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. #@£@%§=»,¨
¨,»=%@£@## ##@£@%=»,¨
¨,»=§%@@@@ 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. #@£@%§=»,¨
¨,»=§%£@## ##@£%§=»,¨
¨¨¨,,==§@@ 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. @££@%§=»,¨
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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 #@£@%§=»,¨
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