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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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..¤¤¤¤¤... === === === ......¤...
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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. ¤.¤¤..¤..¤
....¤¤.¤¤¤ ¤¤.¤.¤¤.¤.
...¤.¤¤... === === .¤¤¤¤.¤¤¤.
..¤¤¤.¤... === === === ¤...¤¤..¤.
.¤..¤¤¤... === === ¤..¤.¤.¤¤.
¤¤.¤..¤... ¤.¤¤¤¤¤.¤.
.¤¤¤.¤¤... nick is uncomfortable around ¤¤....¤¤¤¤
¤..¤¤.¤..¤ the "wild flesh" vats. .¤...¤...¤
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