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###@£^*».¨ 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 ¨¨¨»»»^^£#
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#@£££^*».¨ 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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###@£^*».¨ 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 ¨¨¨¨¨.»*£@
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#@£*»¨¨¨¨¨ 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 ¨.»*^£@###
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###@£^*».¨ *» organs ¨.»*^£@###
###@£^*».¨ (taken from a living human that ¨.»*^£@###
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#@@£**»¨¨¨ *» minerals ¨¨¨»**£@@#
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#@@@£^*».¨ *» insects ¨.»*^£@@@#
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###@£^*».¨ brain, which is used to extract ¨.»*^£@###
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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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##@£**...¨ 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 ¨.»*^£@###
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