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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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.-=\*%@£## === === === ##£@%*\=-.
.-=\*%@£## === === ##£@%*\=-.
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.-=\*%@£## nick is uncomfortable around ##£@%*\=-.
...--\%@££ the "wild flesh" vats. ££@%\--...
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