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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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