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#§§†-..... nick wilde is a red fox and a conman. .....-†§§#
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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 .:-†^§####
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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 ....-^^^§#
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##§††-:... the bases are mostly sludges ...:-††§##
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##§†::.... †- blood colony ....::†§##
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####§^†-:. †- 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 .:-†^§####
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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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