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#£££*%;~:, he's not above petty crime, but he ,:~;%*£££#
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##£**%;~:, 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 ,:~;%*####
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#£**;;:,,, the bases are mostly sludges ,,,:;;**£#
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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 ,:~;%*£###
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##***%;~:, ;~ minerals ,:~;%***##
£%%;:,,,,, ;~ blood colony two ,,,,,:;%%£
#££%~,,,,, ;~ insects ,,,,,~%££#
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####£%;~:, 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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