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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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¨.~=†¤¤¤¤¤ ¤¤¤¤¤†=~.¨