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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.       ########,,
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,,,##,,##,      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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#,,,#,##,,    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.        ,#,,#,##,,
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#,#,#,#,,#       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.       #,#,,,##,#
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####,,,#,,     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.                 ########,,
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,,,##,,##,  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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