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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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¤....¤¤..¤ nick is uncomfortable around ¤.¤..¤¤.¤.
¤¤...¤.¤.¤ the "wild flesh" vats. ¤¤¤¤.¤.¤¤¤
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