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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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