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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...          ,,###,,#,,
,#,##,####                                          ,#,,#,##,#
###,##,,,,     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.         ,##,###,#,
###,,#,,,,                                          #,##,,###,
,,#,##,,,,       the bases are mostly sludges       ##,#,#,,##
,###,#,,,#           or pastes, such as:            ,#####,#,#
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#,#,,#,###  \« 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.        ##,#,,,#,,
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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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,,#,##,###       nick is uncomfortable around       ,,,,,,#,,#
,###,##,,,          the "wild flesh" vats.          ,,,,,##,##
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