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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.)     .#.#.#.#.#
.##.#.#.#.                                          .#.#.#.#.#
..#.#.#.#.                  ~~~ ~~~                 .#.#.#.#.#
.##.#.#.#.               ~~~ ~~~ ~~~                .#.#.#.#.#
..#.#.#.#.                 ~~~ ~~~                  .#.#.#.#.#
.##.#.#.#.                                          .#.#.#.#.#
..#.#.#.#.    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) .#.#.#.#.#
..#.#.#.#.                                          .#.#.#.#.#
.##.#.#.#.                 ~~~ ~~~                  .#.#.#.#.#
..#.#.#.#.                ~~~ ~~~ ~~~               .#.#.#.#.#
.##.#.#.#.                  ~~~ ~~~                 .#.#.#.#.#
..#.#.#.#.                                          .#.#.#.#.#
.##.#.#.#.      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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..#.#.#.#.                  ~~~ ~~~                 .#.#.#.#.#
.##.#.#.#.                ~~~ ~~~ ~~~               .#.#.#.#.#
..#.#.#.#.                 ~~~ ~~~                  .#.#.#.#.#
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..#.#.#.#.       nick is uncomfortable around       .#.#.#.#.#
.##.#.#.#.          the "wild flesh" vats.          .#.#.#.#.#
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