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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. #@@¤@*;=,,
,,=====*@¤ ¤@*=====,,
,,=;**@¤¤@ @¤¤@**;=,,
,,=;**@¤@@ @@¤@**;=,,
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,,=;*@¤@@# #@@¤@*;=,,