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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. ¨¨¨¨¨¨¨:»†
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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. ¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨:»
:¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨ ¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨:
¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨ 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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