,,,,,,,~%£ £%~,,,,,,,
,,~\%@£¶@# #@¶£@%\~,,
,,,,,,\\@£ £@\\,,,,,,
,,,,,~%%@£ £@%%~,,,,,
,,,,,\\%£@ @£%\\,,,,,
,,,,~%%%££ ,, ~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~ ,, ££%%%~,,,,
,,~\%@£¶@# 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. #@¶£@%\~,,
,,,~~%%%@£ £@%%%~~,,,
,,,,,\%@¶@ 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. £££@%%\~,,
,,~\%@£¶## ##¶£@%\~,,
,,~\%@£¶## none of the employees know this.) ##¶£@%\~,,
,,~\%@£££@ @£££@%\~,,
,,~~~~\%££ ~~~ ~~~ ££%\~~~~,,
,,~\%@£¶@# ~~~ ~~~ ~~~ #@¶£@%\~,,
,,,,,,,~%£ ~~~ ~~~ £%~,,,,,,,
,,~\%@£¶@@ @@¶£@%\~,,
,,~\%@££££ 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) ¶£££@%\~,,
,,~\%@£¶@# #@¶£@%\~,,
,,~\%%%££@ ~~~ ~~~ @££%%%\~,,
,,,,,~%@@¶ ~~~ ~~~ ~~~ ¶@@%~,,,,,
,,,,,,\%£¶ ~~~ ~~~ ¶£%\,,,,,,
,,~\%@£¶¶¶ ¶¶¶£@%\~,,
,,~\%@£¶@# 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. @¶@\~,,,,,
,,~\@£¶@## ##@¶£@\~,,
,,,~~~~%£@ ~~~ ~~~ @£%~~~~,,,
,,,,,,,~%£ ~~~ ~~~ ~~~ £%~,,,,,,,
,,,,,,\\@£ ~~~ ~~~ £@\\,,,,,,
,,~\%@@@¶@ @¶@@@%\~,,
,,~\%@£¶@# nick is uncomfortable around #@¶£@%\~,,
,,~\%@£¶@@ the "wild flesh" vats. @@¶£@%\~,,
,,,,,~\%££ ££%\~,,,,,
,,~\%@£¶@# #@¶£@%\~,,
,,~\%@£¶@# #@¶£@%\~,,
,,~\\\%%£¶ ¶£%%\\\~,,
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