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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. #§^;~~¨¨¨¨
¨¨¨~~;^§## ##§^;~~¨¨¨
¨¨~~;^§### 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... #§^;~~¨¨¨¨
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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 ####§^;~~¨
¨¨~~;^§### 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. #§^;~~¨¨¨¨
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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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¨¨~~;^§### nick is uncomfortable around ###§^;~~¨¨
¨~~;^§#### the "wild flesh" vats. ####§^;~~¨
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