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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... $/-~¨¨¨¨¨¨
¨¨¨¨¨~-/$£ £$/-~¨¨¨¨¨
¨¨¨¨~-/$£§ 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: §£$/-~¨¨¨¨
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¨¨~-/$£§## /- 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. $/-~¨¨¨¨¨¨
¨¨¨¨¨¨¨~-/ /-~¨¨¨¨¨¨¨
¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨~- there is a large tank behind the -~¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨
¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨~ factory that contains a vast number of ~¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨
¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨ auxilliary blood colonies. miku watches ¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨
¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨ over these as well. their purpose is ¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨
¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨ unclear. ¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨
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¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨~- the factory is surrounded by the blood -~¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨
¨¨¨¨¨¨¨~-/ meal farms. there is a constant /-~¨¨¨¨¨¨¨
¨¨¨¨¨¨~-/$ 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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