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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. @@..@...@@
.@@@@...@. @.@.@@..@.
.@...@..@@ 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. @@@..@...@
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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. .@@.@.@@.@
.@...@.@.. @@.@@@@.@@
@@@..@@@@. 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 @@@..@...@
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