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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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