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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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##¶¤§*:»,¨ 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 ¨¨¨,»:*§¤¶
#¶¤§*:»,¨¨ that are later combined into the meals ¨¨,»:*§¤¶#
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##¶¤§*:»,¨ the bases are mostly sludges ¨,»:*§¤¶##
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#¶¤§*:»,¨¨ :» plant matter ¨¨,»:*§¤¶#
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##¶¤§*:»,¨ :» wild flesh ¨,»:*§¤¶##
#¶¤§*:»,¨¨ (free roaming animals) ¨¨,»:*§¤¶#
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###¶¤§*:», :» minerals ,»:*§¤¶###
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#¶¤§*:»,¨¨ :» insects ¨¨,»:*§¤¶#
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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 ¨,»:*§¤¶##
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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 ,»:*§¤¶###
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