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¨¨¨¨¨¨¨^-^ ¨^ ------- ------- ------- ^¨ ^-^¨¨¨¨¨¨¨
¨¨¨¨¨¨^-^$ nick wilde is a red fox and a conman. $^-^¨¨¨¨¨¨
¨¨¨¨¨^-^$* ¨^ ------- ------- ------- ^¨ *$^-^¨¨¨¨¨
¨¨¨¨^-^$*£ £*$^-^¨¨¨¨
¨¨¨^-^$*£@ 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. $^-^¨¨¨¨¨¨
¨¨¨¨¨¨¨^-^ he's got a vague outline of a plan, to ^-^¨¨¨¨¨¨¨
¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨^- scatter with some product, or even -^¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨
¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨^ better, some formula? these things are ^¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨
¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨ worth a lot to a competitor. ¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨
¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨ ¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨
¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨ he's been lucky; the place is ¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨
¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨ surprisingly unguarded. once he's got ¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨
¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨ his paws on something worthwhile, it'll ¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨
¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨ be easy to just waltz out. until then, ¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨
¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨ keep doing the work... ¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨
¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨ ¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨
¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨ come to think of it, the place is ¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨
¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨^ almost eerily empty. there are few ^¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨
¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨^- coworkers. (in fact the company is -^¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨
¨¨¨¨¨¨¨^-^ ai-run and only a few key roles are ^-^¨¨¨¨¨¨¨
¨¨¨¨¨¨^-^$ filled by actual people. $^-^¨¨¨¨¨¨
¨¨¨¨¨^-^$* *$^-^¨¨¨¨¨
¨¨¨¨^-^$*£ none of the employees know this.) £*$^-^¨¨¨¨
¨¨¨^-^$*£@ @£*$^-^¨¨¨
¨¨^-^$*£@# --- --- #@£*$^-^¨¨
¨^-^$*£@## --- --- --- ##@£*$^-^¨
¨¨^-^$*£@# --- --- #@£*$^-^¨¨
¨¨¨^-^$*£@ @£*$^-^¨¨¨
¨¨¨¨^-^$*£ 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) ##@£*$^-^¨
¨¨^-^$*£@# #@£*$^-^¨¨
¨¨¨^-^$*£@ --- --- @£*$^-^¨¨¨
¨¨¨¨^-^$*£ --- --- --- £*$^-^¨¨¨¨
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¨¨¨¨¨¨¨^-^ miku is in charge of the blood ^-^¨¨¨¨¨¨¨
¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨^- colonies. there's large vats of the -^¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨
¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨^ original culture which is fed blood ^¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨
¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨ meal, bone meal, what doesn't qualify ¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨
¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨ to go in the "wild flesh" paste, and ¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨
¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨ some processing chemicals. all these ¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨
¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨ ingredients have an effect on the blood ¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨
¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨ which in turn affects miku. ¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨
¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨ ¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨
¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨ there is a large tank behind the ¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨
¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨ factory that contains a vast number of ¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨
¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨ auxilliary blood colonies. miku watches ¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨
¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨^ over these as well. their purpose is ^¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨
¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨^- unclear. -^¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨
¨¨¨¨¨¨¨^-^ ^-^¨¨¨¨¨¨¨
¨¨¨¨¨¨^-^$ 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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