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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 ,-~~††§§¤¤
#@@¤$§†~-, his paws on something worthwhile, it'll ,-~†§$¤@@#
@@@¤$§†~-, be easy to just waltz out. until then, ,-~†§$¤@@@
@@@¤$§†~-, keep doing the work... ,-~†§$¤@@@
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@@@¤$§†~-, come to think of it, the place is ,-~†§$¤@@@
#@@¤$§†~-, almost eerily empty. there are few ,-~†§$¤@@#
#@@¤$§†~-, coworkers. (in fact the company is ,-~†§$¤@@#
##@¤$§†~-, ai-run and only a few key roles are ,-~†§$¤@##
@$§~,,,,,, filled by actual people. ,,,,,,~§$@
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##@¤$§†~-, none of the employees know this.) ,-~†§$¤@##
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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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