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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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