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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) ¨~~;†*&@##
&†~~~¨¨¨¨¨ ¨¨¨¨¨~~~†&
@*;;;;~¨¨¨ ~~~ ~~~ ¨¨¨~;;;;*@
###&*†;~~¨ ~~~ ~~~ ~~~ ¨~~;†*##
@&&&*†;~~¨ ~~~ ~~~ ¨~~;†*&&&@
##@&*†;~~¨ ¨~~;†*&@##
##@&*†;~~¨ 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. ¨~~;†*&@@#
###&*†;~~¨ ¨~~;†*##
##@&*†;~~¨ ~~~ ~~~ ¨~~;†*&@##
&†;;~~¨¨¨¨ ~~~ ~~~ ~~~ ¨¨¨¨~~;;†&
##@&*†;~~¨ ~~~ ~~~ ¨~~;†*&@##
@@@&*†;~~¨ ¨~~;†*&@@@
##@&*†;~~¨ nick is uncomfortable around ¨~~;†*&@##
@&&†;~¨¨¨¨ the "wild flesh" vats. ¨¨¨¨~;†&&@
###@&†;~~¨ ¨~~;†&@###
#@@&*†;~~¨ ¨~~;†*&@@#
@@**;~¨¨¨¨ ¨¨¨¨~;**@@
#&&†~~¨¨¨¨ ¨¨¨¨~~†&
&†~~~~¨¨¨¨ ¨¨¨¨~~~~†&