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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.                 #.#.##.#.#
.##.#.#.#.                                          #.#..#.#.#
..#.#.#.#.      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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..#.#.#.#.    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:           #.#.##.#.#
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..#.#.#.#.  ;» 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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