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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... ###¶#¤^=~.
......=$$# #$$=......
.~==^^$#¶# come to think of it, the place is #¶#$^^==~.
.~=^$#¶### almost eerily empty. there are few ###¶#$^=~.
....~~^$¤# coworkers. (in fact the company is #¤$^~~....
.~=^$¤#¶¶¶ ai-run and only a few key roles are ¶¶¶#¤$^=~.
.~=^$¤#¶## filled by actual people. ##¶#¤$^=~.
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.~=^$¤#¶## none of the employees know this.) ##¶#¤$^=~.
.....~^¤¤¶ ¶¤¤^~.....
....~~^$¤# === === #¤$^~~....
...~==^^$# === === === #$^^==~...
.~=^$¤#¶¶# === === #¶¶#¤$^=~.
.~=^$¤#¶¶¶ ¶¶¶#¤$^=~.
.~=^$¤#¶¶# nick and miku are both stationed in #¶¶#¤$^=~.
.~=^$¤#¶¶# early processing, housed in a state of #¶¶#¤$^=~.
....=^$¤¤¶ the art factory close to the docks. ¶¤¤$^=....
.~===^^¤## 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 ¶¤$$=~~...
.~=^$¤#¶## is willing to sell) ##¶#¤$^=~.
.~=^$¤#¶## ^= minerals ##¶#¤$^=~.
.~=^$¤#¶## ^= blood colony two ##¶#¤$^=~.
.....=^$## ^= insects ##$^=.....
.~=^$¤#¶## (which are mainly used for their ##¶#¤$^=~.
...=^^^¤¤¶ brain, which is used to extract ¶¤¤^^^=...
.~=^$¤¤##¶ receptors that detect pheromones) ¶##¤¤$^=~.
.~=^$¤#¶## ##¶#¤$^=~.
...=^$$### === === ###$$^=...
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.~=^$¤#¶## === === ##¶#¤$^=~.
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.~=^$¤#¶¶# miku is in charge of the blood #¶¶#¤$^=~.
.~=^$¤#¶## colonies. there's large vats of the ##¶#¤$^=~.
.~=^$¤#¶¶¶ original culture which is fed blood ¶¶¶#¤$^=~.
.~=^$$$$¤¶ meal, bone meal, what doesn't qualify ¶¤$$$$^=~.
......=$¤¶ to go in the "wild flesh" paste, and ¶¤$=......
.~=^$¤#¶## some processing chemicals. all these ##¶#¤$^=~.
.~=^$¤#¶## ingredients have an effect on the blood ##¶#¤$^=~.
.~=^$¤#¶## which in turn affects miku. ##¶#¤$^=~.
.~=^$¤#¶## ##¶#¤$^=~.
.~=^$¤#¶¶¶ there is a large tank behind the ¶¶¶#¤$^=~.
.~=^$¤#¶## factory that contains a vast number of ##¶#¤$^=~.
...=^^$#¶¶ auxilliary blood colonies. miku watches ¶¶#$^^=...
....~^^¤¶¶ 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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.~=^$¤#### === === ####¤$^=~.
.~=^$¤¤¤¶# === === === #¶¤¤¤$^=~.
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.~=^$¤#¶## nick is uncomfortable around ##¶#¤$^=~.
.~=^$¤#¶## the "wild flesh" vats. ##¶#¤$^=~.
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