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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... ....~~/^£#
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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: ..~~/^£#@#
@#£^/~~... ...~~/^£#@
#£^/~~.... /~ 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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