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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.) ##¶¤§%==,,
,,,,,==§§¶ ¶§§==,,,,,
,,,,,==§§¤ === === ¤§§==,,,,,
,,,,,=%%§¶ === === === ¶§%%=,,,,,
,,====%%§¶ === === ¶§%%====,,
,,==%§¤### ###¤§%==,,
,,,==%§§¤¶ 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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