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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 ...:^**§¤#
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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 .:«^***¤¤@
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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 .:«^*§¤###
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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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