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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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