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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. ,~~^*§¶@##
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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... ,~~^^**££§
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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: ,~~^**£§§¶
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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 ,~~^*£§¶@#
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#@¶§£*^~~, 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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