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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. ¨~~/%§§@##
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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... ¨~~/%§§@##
##@§§%/~~¨ ¨~~/%§§@##
@@§§§%/~~¨ 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. ¨~~/%§§@@@
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§§§//~¨¨¨¨ 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. ¨~~/%§§@##
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##@§§%/~~¨ ~~~ ~~~ ~~~ ¨~~/%§§@##
§§§§§%/~~¨ ~~~ ~~~ ¨~~/%§§§§§
§%~~~~¨¨¨¨ ¨¨¨¨~~~~%§
§§/~¨¨¨¨¨¨ nick is uncomfortable around ¨¨¨¨¨¨~/§§
§§%~¨¨¨¨¨¨ the "wild flesh" vats. ¨¨¨¨¨¨~%§§
@§//~¨¨¨¨¨ ¨¨¨¨¨~//§@
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#§%%/~¨¨¨¨ ¨¨¨¨~/%%§#
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