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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. -,........
.......,-/ /-,.......
......,-/* 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... -,........
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........,- 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: #£*/-,....
...,-/*£#@ @#£*/-,...
..,-/*£#@# /- 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. #@#£*/-,..
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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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