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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. ¤¤¤†//^^,,
,,,,»»††¤@ @¤††»»,,,,
,^»/†£¤@@# #@@¤£†/»^,
,,,,,,^/£@ @£/^,,,,,,
,^^»///†£@ @£†///»^^,
,,^^^//££¤ ¤££//^^^,,