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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. ##@@¤*\»:¨
:»\**¤@@## ##@@¤**\»:
¨:»\**¤@@# 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: ##@¤**\»:¨
¨:»\**¤¤@@ @@¤¤**\»:¨
¨¨¨¨:»**@@ \» 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. @***\\:¨¨¨
¨:»\**¤@## ##@¤**\»:¨
¨:»\**¤@## 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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