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.......... nick wilde is a red fox and a conman. ..........
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.......... 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. ..........
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.......... 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... &¤**~.....
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.......~** 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. ..........
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.......... 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. ¤**~......
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....~**¤&@ 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. #@&¤**~...
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.....~**¤& 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. ..........
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.........~ nick is uncomfortable around ~.........
........~* the "wild flesh" vats. *~........
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