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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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