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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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¨¨¨##¨##¨# 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: ¨¨#####¨#¨
¨¨###¨###¨ ¨#¨¨¨¨###¨
¨#¨¨##¨¨#¨ †- 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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