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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.) @@%%†~,¨¨¨
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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) @%%†~,¨¨¨¨
¨¨¨¨¨,~†%% %%†~,¨¨¨¨¨
¨¨¨¨¨¨,~†% ~~~ ~~~ %†~,¨¨¨¨¨¨
¨¨¨¨¨¨¨,~† ~~~ ~~~ ~~~ †~,¨¨¨¨¨¨¨
¨¨¨¨¨¨,~†% ~~~ ~~~ %†~,¨¨¨¨¨¨
¨¨¨¨¨,~†%% %%†~,¨¨¨¨¨
¨¨¨¨,~†%%@ 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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