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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 @£**^,,,,,
,^»*$£@### be easy to just waltz out. until then, ###@£$*»^,
,^»*$££@## keep doing the work... ##@££$*»^,
,,,,,^»$£@ @£$»^,,,,,
,^»*$££@## come to think of it, the place is ##@££$*»^,
,,^^^***$£ almost eerily empty. there are few £$***^^^,,
,,,,,^^*$£ coworkers. (in fact the company is £$*^^,,,,,
,^»*$££### ai-run and only a few key roles are ###££$*»^,
,^»*$$$£@@ filled by actual people. @@£$$$*»^,
,^»***££@@ @@££***»^,
,^»*$££@## none of the employees know this.) ##@££$*»^,
,^»*$££@## ##@££$*»^,
,^»*$££@@# »»» »»» #@@££$*»^,
^»*$££@### »»» »»» »»» ###@££$*»^
,^»*$££@## »»» »»» ##@££$*»^,
,^»*$££@## ##@££$*»^,
,,,,,^**£@ 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 #££****»^,
,^»*$££@## *» blood colony two ##@££$*»^,
,^»*$$££@# *» insects #@££$$*»^,
,,,^^***$£ (which are mainly used for their £$***^^,,,
,^»*$££@## brain, which is used to extract ##@££$*»^,
^»*$££@### receptors that detect pheromones) ###@££$*»^
,^»*$£@### ###@£$*»^,
,,,,,^**££ »»» »»» ££**^,,,,,
,,,,,»*£@# »»» »»» »»» #@£*»,,,,,
,^»*$££@## »»» »»» ##@££$*»^,
,^»*$££@## ##@££$*»^,
,,,,,,^*$£ miku is in charge of the blood £$*^,,,,,,
,^»*$££@## colonies. there's large vats of the ##@££$*»^,
,^»*$£@### original culture which is fed blood ###@£$*»^,
,^»*$££@## meal, bone meal, what doesn't qualify ##@££$*»^,
,^^^»*££££ 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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