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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 ,,,,,«%%##
####$%†«:, worth a lot to a competitor. ,:«†%$####
#%†«:,,,,, ,,,,,:«†%#
#%%††††«:, 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 ,,,,,«†%%#
####$%†«:, almost eerily empty. there are few ,:«†%$####
#####$†«:, coworkers. (in fact the company is ,:«†$#####
#$†††:::,, ai-run and only a few key roles are ,,:::†††$#
####$%†«:, filled by actual people. ,:«†%$####
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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 ,,,:††%%%#
####$%†«:, †« blood colony two ,:«†%$####
#$$%†«««:, †« insects ,:«««†%$$#
####$%†«:, (which are mainly used for their ,:«†%$####
####$%†«:, brain, which is used to extract ,:«†%$####
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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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