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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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...--;%%%# #%%%;--...
.-~;=%#### ####%=;~-.