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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. ¤¤¤%»...¨¨
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¨¨¨¨.»%¤¤¤ 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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¨.»:%¤¤@@# »»» »»» #@@¤¤%:».¨
¨.»:%¤¤@@# »»» »»» »»» #@@¤¤%:».¨
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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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