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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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....,«=*&§                                          §&*=«,....