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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. #@¶£*^^=^.
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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: ##@£*^^=^.
.^=^^*£¶@# #@¶£*^^=^.
.^=^^*£¶¶@ ^= 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) £*^^^^^^..
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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. @@¶£*^^=^.
.^=^^**££¶ ¶££**^^=^.
.^=^^*£¶@# 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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.^=^^^^^£@ nick is uncomfortable around @£^^^^^=^.
...^=^^*£¶ the "wild flesh" vats. ¶£*^^=^...
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