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..¤¤¤..¤.. nick wilde is a red fox and a conman. .¤..¤..¤..
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¤...¤.¤¤.. 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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........¤. 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. ¤..¤..¤...
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...¤¤¤.... 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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