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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. #§§///^¨¨¨
¨¨¨---§§## ##§§---¨¨¨
¨¨¨¨¨¨¨-§# 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... ####§§/-^¨
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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. ####§§/-^¨
¨^-/§§#### ####§§/-^¨
¨^-/§§#### 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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