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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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