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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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§§$***^~^. ~~~ ~~~ ~~~ .^~^***$§§
@§$$*~.... ~~~ ~~~ ....~*$$§@
#@@§$*^~^. .^~^*$§@@#
@@@§$*^~^. nick is uncomfortable around .^~^*$§@@@
##@§$*^~^. the "wild flesh" vats. .^~^*$§@##
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