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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... ¨--†*£#@##
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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. ¨¨--†*£#@#
##@#£*†--¨ ¨--†*£#@##
#@#£*†--¨¨ 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. ¨--†*£#@##
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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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