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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. @@£&¤**«^¨
¨^«**¤&££@ @££&¤**«^¨
¨^«**¤&£@@ 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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¨^«**¤&£@# *« 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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