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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. @£***=....
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....^=**£# 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. @@@£***=^.
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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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