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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. .@@.@@@..@
.@@@.@..@. .@.@@..@.@
@@..@@@.@@ 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. .@@..@@@@@
..@@@...@. .@.@.@....
..@..@..@@ 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) @@@....@@.
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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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