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@@£@$§*-:, nick wilde is a red fox and a conman. ,:-*§$@£@@
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#@£@$§*-:, he's not above petty crime, but he ,:-*§$@£@#
#@£@$§*-:, knows that if he puts in a bit of work, ,:-*§$@£@#
@@£@$§*-:, he will find much more lucrative ,:-*§$@£@@
@$§****-:, rewards. ,:-****§$@
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#@£@$§*-:, and thus he's currently working ,:-*§$@£@#
##@£@$§*:, alongside hatsune miku for a company ,:*§$@£@##
£@$§*:,,,, that makes synthetic meal replacements. ,,,,:*§$@£
£$§-,,,,,, he's got a vague outline of a plan, to ,,,,,,-§$£
#@£@$§*-:, scatter with some product, or even ,:-*§$@£@#
#@£@$§*-:, better, some formula? these things are ,:-*§$@£@#
@$*-,,,,,, worth a lot to a competitor. ,,,,,,-*$@
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££$§***-:, he's been lucky; the place is ,:-***§$££
@@@§§-:,,, 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 ,,,,:-§§§@
@@£@$§*-:, ai-run and only a few key roles are ,:-*§$@£@@
#@£@$§*-:, filled by actual people. ,:-*§$@£@#
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#@£@$§*-:, none of the employees know this.) ,:-*§$@£@#
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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. ,,,,,-§@££
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@$§**::,,, the bases are mostly sludges ,,,::**§$@
#@£@$§*-:, or pastes, such as: ,:-*§$@£@#
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@§§§-:,,,, *- plant matter ,,,,:-§§§@
#@£@$§*-:, *- blood colony ,:-*§$@£@#
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@@@$§*-:,, *- wild flesh ,,:-*§$@@@
££$*::,,,, (free roaming animals) ,,,,::*$££
#@£@$§*-:, *- organs ,:-*§$@£@#
@@@@$§*-:, (taken from a living human that ,:-*§$@@@@
#@£@$§*-:, is willing to sell) ,:-*§$@£@#
@@$$$§*-:, *- minerals ,:-*§$$$@@
##£@$§*-:, *- blood colony two ,:-*§$@£##
@@£@$§*-:, *- insects ,:-*§$@£@@
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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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