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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. .###.#####
#.##..#..# #..##.....
##.#.##.## 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. ########.#
.##.##.##. .......###
#.##.##.## 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. .......###
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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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