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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. £§\-^¨¨¨¨¨
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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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¨¨¨¨^-\§£# almost eerily empty. there are few #£§\-^¨¨¨¨
¨¨¨^-\§£## coworkers. (in fact the company is ##£§\-^¨¨¨
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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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