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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. ..,~*%§£##
###£§%*~,. .,~*%§£###
##£§%*~,.. ~~~ ~~~ ..,~*%§£##
#£§%*~,... ~~~ ~~~ ~~~ ...,~*%§£#
£§%*~,.... ~~~ ~~~ ....,~*%§£
§%*~,..... .....,~*%§
%*~,...... nick is uncomfortable around ......,~*%
*~,....... the "wild flesh" vats. .......,~*
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