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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.)     #££**†=--.
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.--=†*££##                  --- ---                 ##££*†=--.
.--=†*££##                --- --- ---               ##££*†=--.
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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.         ££**†==--.
...---=†£#                                          #£†=---...
..--==†£££       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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.--=†*££##                  --- ---                 ##££*†=--.
.--=†*££##                --- --- ---               ##££*†=--.
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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.                 £††=--....
.--=†*££##                                          ##££*†=--.
.--†*££###  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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.--=†*££##                  --- ---                 ##££*†=--.
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.--=†††£££       nick is uncomfortable around       £££†††=--.
....---=*£          the "wild flesh" vats.          £*=---....
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