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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 .....=%%#@
###$$%^=.. be easy to just waltz out. until then, ..=^%$$###
#@##$%^=.. keep doing the work... ..=^%$##@#
##@#$%^=.. ..=^%$#@##
###@$%^=.. come to think of it, the place is ..=^%$@###
##@#$%^=.. almost eerily empty. there are few ..=^%$#@##
##@#$%^=.. coworkers. (in fact the company is ..=^%$#@##
##@#$%^=.. ai-run and only a few key roles are ..=^%$#@##
###$$%^=.. filled by actual people. ..=^%$$###
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##@#$%^=.. none of the employees know this.) ..=^%$#@##
###@#$%^=. .=^%$#@###
##@#$%^=.. === === ..=^%$#@##
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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 .....=%#@@
##@#$%^=.. that's sold to customers. ..=^%$#@##
##@#$%^=.. ..=^%$#@##
###@#$%^=. the bases are mostly sludges .=^%$#@###
@$%%==.... or pastes, such as: ....==%%$@
##@#$%^=.. ..=^%$#@##
##@#$%^=.. ^= plant matter ..=^%$#@##
##@#$%^=.. ^= blood colony ..=^%$#@##
##@#$%^=.. (made with a type of bacteria) ..=^%$#@##
##@#$%^=.. ^= wild flesh ..=^%$#@##
##%%%^=... (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 .......^%#
##@#$%^=.. colonies. there's large vats of the ..=^%$#@##
####$%^=.. original culture which is fed blood ..=^%$####
###@#$%^.. meal, bone meal, what doesn't qualify ..^%$#@###
##@#$%^=.. to go in the "wild flesh" paste, and ..=^%$#@##
##@#$%^=.. some processing chemicals. all these ..=^%$#@##
#$$%^..... ingredients have an effect on the blood .....^%$$#
##@#$%^=.. which in turn affects miku. ..=^%$#@##
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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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#@$$^..... nick is uncomfortable around .....^$$@#
@#$$$%^=.. the "wild flesh" vats. ..=^%$$$#@
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