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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. ..^-^=¤##@
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@##¤=^-^.. 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. ..^-^=¤##@
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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: ....^-^=¤#
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=^-^...... ^- 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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