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,,,,&&&&&& &,,,&,&,,&
,,,&,,,,,& &,,&&&&,&&
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,&,&,,,&&, ,^ ------- ------- ------- ^, &&&,,&,&&&
&&&&,,&,&, nick wilde is a red fox and a conman. ,,&,&&&,,&
,,,&,&&&&, ,^ ------- ------- ------- ^, ,&&&,,&,&,
,,&&&,,,&& &,,&,&&&&,
,&,,&,,&,, 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. &,,,,,&,&&
,&,,&,,,,, &,,,,&&&,,
&&,&&,,,,& 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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,&,&&&,&&, --- --- ,&&&&,&&,&
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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. &,,,,,&,&&
,&,,&,,,,, &,,,,&&&,,
&&,&&,,,,& 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. ,,,&&,&,,&
&&&,,,,,&& ,,&,&&&,&&
,,&,,,,&,& --- --- ,&&&,,&&,,
,&&,,,&&&, --- --- --- &,,&,&,&,,
&,&,,&,,&, --- --- &,&&&&&&,,
&&&,&&,&&, &&,,,,,&,&
,,&&,&&,&, nick is uncomfortable around ,&,,,,&&&,
,&,&&,&&&& the "wild flesh" vats. &&,,,&,,&,
&&&,&&,,,& ,&,,&&,&&,
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,,&,&,&&&, &,,&,&&,,,