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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. @%*/«~¨¨¨¨
¨¨¨¨¨~«/*% %*/«~¨¨¨¨¨
¨¨¨¨¨¨~«/* 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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¨¨¨¨¨¨~«/* ««« ««« */«~¨¨¨¨¨¨
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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. */«~¨¨¨¨¨¨
¨¨¨¨¨~«/*% %*/«~¨¨¨¨¨
¨¨¨¨~«/*%@ 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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