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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. ,,,~//$$¤@
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@¤$/^,,,,, he's been lucky; the place is ,,,,,^/$¤@
¤$/^,,,,,, surprisingly unguarded. once he's got ,,,,,,^/$¤
#@@¤$$/~^, 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. ,^~/$$¤@##
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@@@¤$$/~^, the bases are mostly sludges ,^~/$$¤@@@
@@@¤$$/~^, or pastes, such as: ,^~/$$¤@@@
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#@@¤$$/~^, /~ 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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