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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. ###@%*;~,¨
¨¨¨,~;%%@# #@%%;~,¨¨¨
¨,~;*%@### 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. @@%***;~,¨
¨,~;****@# #@****;~,¨
¨¨¨¨~**@## ##@**~¨¨¨¨
¨,~;*%@### ###@%*;~,¨
¨¨¨¨¨,,;%@ @%;,,¨¨¨¨¨
¨,~;*%@### ###@%*;~,¨