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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. ....==^£££
#@£¤£=^=-. .-=^=£¤£@#
#@£¤£=^=-. 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. .....==¤¤¤
@@£¤£=^=-. .-=^=£¤£@@
##£¤£=^=-. 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. .-=^=£¤£££
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¤¤¤=====-. nick is uncomfortable around .-=====¤¤¤
£££¤£=^=-. the "wild flesh" vats. .-=^=£¤£££
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