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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.) §^/,¨¨¨¨¨¨
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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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