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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. @@......@.
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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 .....@..@@
.@.@.@@..@ 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. .@.....@..
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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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.@@@@@@.@@ nick is uncomfortable around .@...@@@@.
.@.....@@. the "wild flesh" vats. @@@..@...@
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