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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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,:-:§$£### :- plant matter ###£$§:-:,
,,,,,-§$$£ :- blood colony £$$§-,,,,,
,:-:§$£### (made with a type of bacteria) ###£$§:-:,
,:-:§£#### :- wild flesh ####£§:-:,
,,,,:-:$£# (free roaming animals) #£$:-:,,,,
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,:-:§$£### is willing to sell) ###£$§:-:,
,:-§$£#### :- minerals ####£$§-:,
,,,,:-§§£# :- blood colony two #£§§-:,,,,
,:-:§$£### :- insects ###£$§:-:,
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,:-:§$£### brain, which is used to extract ###£$§:-:,
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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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