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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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&&&&&&&&&& ~~~ ~~~ ~~~ &.&...&.&&
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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. &....&&&.&
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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. &.&&&...&&
.&&&...... .&&..&..&.
.&..&..... ~~~ ~~~ .&.&.&&.&&
&&&.&&.... ~~~ ~~~ ~~~ .&&&&&.&&.
&..&&.&... ~~~ ~~~ .&....&&.&
.&.&.&&&.. .&&...&.&&
&&&&&&..&. nick is uncomfortable around &&.&..&&&.
&.....&.&& the "wild flesh" vats. &.&&&.&..&
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