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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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