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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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#@@£$^/=,¨ and thus he's currently working ¨,=/^$£@@#
££££$^/=,¨ alongside hatsune miku for a company ¨,=/^$££££
@@$/=,¨¨¨¨ that makes synthetic meal replacements. ¨¨¨¨,=/$@@
@@@£$^/=,¨ he's got a vague outline of a plan, to ¨,=/^$£@@@
##@£$^/=,¨ scatter with some product, or even ¨,=/^$£@##
#@@£$^/=,¨ better, some formula? these things are ¨,=/^$£@@#
£$^^^^/=,¨ worth a lot to a competitor. ¨,=/^^^^$£
#@@£$^/=,¨ ¨,=/^$£@@#
#@@£$^/=,¨ he's been lucky; the place is ¨,=/^$£@@#
@££^/===,¨ 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 ¨¨¨¨,/$$£@
£^/,¨¨¨¨¨¨ filled by actual people. ¨¨¨¨¨¨,/^£
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@@@£$^/=,¨ nick and miku are both stationed in ¨,=/^$£@@@
@@$/,¨¨¨¨¨ early processing, housed in a state of ¨¨¨¨¨,/$@@
@$///,,,,¨ the art factory close to the docks. ¨,,,,///$@
#@@£$^/=,¨ they create the early building blocks ¨,=/^$£@@#
##@£$^/=,¨ that are later combined into the meals ¨,=/^$£@##
@$^/===¨¨¨ that's sold to customers. ¨¨¨===/^$@
£^=¨¨¨¨¨¨¨ ¨¨¨¨¨¨¨=^£
££$$$^/=,¨ 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 ¨,=/^^$$$@
@£$/==¨¨¨¨ (taken from a living human that ¨¨¨¨==/$£@
##@£$^/=,¨ is willing to sell) ¨,=/^$£@##
#@@£$^/=,¨ /= minerals ¨,=/^$£@@#
##@£$^/=,¨ /= blood colony two ¨,=/^$£@##
#@@£$^/=,¨ /= insects ¨,=/^$£@@#
£$^==¨¨¨¨¨ (which are mainly used for their ¨¨¨¨¨==^$£
#@@£$^/=,¨ brain, which is used to extract ¨,=/^$£@@#
@£^^///=,¨ 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. ¨,====^^£@
#@@£$^/=,¨ ¨,=/^$£@@#
##@£$^/=,¨ the factory is surrounded by the blood ¨,=/^$£@##
£^=¨¨¨¨¨¨¨ 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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