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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.       ##&**«,...
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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.        #†«.......
.,«*†&####                                          ####&†*«,.
.,«*†&####       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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