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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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#£@@*/~,.. 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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.......... ..........
.......... 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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*/~,...... nick is uncomfortable around ......,~/*
@*/~,..... the "wild flesh" vats. .....,~/*@
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