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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 #&§†*~:¨¨¨
¨¨:~*†§&## (made with a type of bacteria) ##&§†*~:¨¨
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¨¨¨:~*†§&# *~ 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. ~:¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨
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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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