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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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¨§¨§¨§¨¨§¨ ~~~ ~~~ §¨§¨§¨§§¨§
¨§¨§¨§¨§§¨ ~~~ ~~~ ~~~ §¨§¨§¨¨§¨§
¨§¨§¨§¨¨§¨ ~~~ ~~~ §¨§¨§¨§§¨§
¨§¨§¨§¨§§¨ §¨§¨§¨¨§¨§
¨§¨§¨§¨¨§¨ 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) §¨§¨§¨¨§¨§
¨§¨§¨§¨¨§¨ §¨§¨§¨§§¨§
¨§¨§¨§¨§§¨ ~~~ ~~~ §¨§¨§¨¨§¨§
¨§¨§¨§¨¨§¨ ~~~ ~~~ ~~~ §¨§¨§¨§§¨§
¨§¨§¨§¨§§¨ ~~~ ~~~ §¨§¨§¨¨§¨§
¨§¨§¨§¨¨§¨ §¨§¨§¨§§¨§
¨§¨§¨§¨§§¨ 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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¨§¨§¨§¨¨§¨ §¨§¨§¨§§¨§
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