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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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