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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. ..,,-\%¤¤¤
##¤†-,.... ....,-†¤##
###¤%†\-,. --- --- .,-\†%¤###
###¤%†\-,. --- --- --- .,-\†%¤###
##¤%\--... --- --- ...--\%¤##
####¤†\-,. .,-\†¤####
#¤†\---,.. nick is uncomfortable around ..,---\†¤#
¤†-....... the "wild flesh" vats. .......-†¤
###¤%†\-,. .,-\†%¤###
¤%\--,.... ....,--\%¤
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##¤%\,,... ...,,\%¤##