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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: ,,,,~^^^#@
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@£^^«~,,,, ^« plant matter ,,,,~«^^£@
@@@#£^^«~, ^« blood colony ,~«^^£#@@@
##@#£^^«~, (made with a type of bacteria) ,~«^^£#@##
##@#£^^«~, ^« wild flesh ,~«^^£#@##
@£^^~,,,,, (free roaming animals) ,,,,,~^^£@
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####£^^«~, (taken from a living human that ,~«^^£####
@@#££^^«~, is willing to sell) ,~«^^££#@@
#^«,,,,,,, ^« minerals ,,,,,,,«^#
##@#£^^«~, ^« blood colony two ,~«^^£#@##
##@#£^^«~, ^« insects ,~«^^£#@##
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#@@#£^^«~, 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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