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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.) ..&&..&..&
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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. ....&.&..&
&.&.&&...& ...&&&&.&.
&&&&.&..&& 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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..&.&&&... »»» »»» &&.&&&&.&&
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&..&.&&... nick is uncomfortable around &.&..&.&&&
&.&&&.&... the "wild flesh" vats. &&&.&&&...
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