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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. ###..#....
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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. ..#####...
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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... ..#....##.
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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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#..####### 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 .###....##
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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 ##########
########## 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. ##########
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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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