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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. @££££%*~,.
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.,~*%££@## 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. £%*,......
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...,~~%£££ 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. £%~~~~....
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.,~*%££@## the bases are mostly sludges ##@££%*~,.
.,~*%££@@@ or pastes, such as: @@@££%*~,.
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..,,****££ *~ 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 ##@££%*~,.
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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. ##@££%*~,.
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....,~*%££ 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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