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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.) ###¶&¤;~,.
.,~;=¤&¶## ##¶&¤=;~,.
....~~;=&& ~~~ ~~~ &&=;~~....
...,~~;;¤& ~~~ ~~~ ~~~ &¤;;~~,...
.....~~;¤¶ ~~~ ~~~ ¶¤;~~.....
...~;;=& #&&=;;~...
.,~;=¤&¶## 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) #&==;;,...
.,~;=¤&¶## ##¶&¤=;~,.
.,~;=¤&¶## ~~~ ~~~ ##¶&¤=;~,.
.,~;=¤¤&&¶ ~~~ ~~~ ~~~ ¶&&¤¤=;~,.
.,~;=¤¶### ~~~ ~~~ ###¶¤=;~,.
..,,,~~=&& &&=~~,,,..
.,~;=¤&¶## 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. ##¶&¤=;~,.
.,~;=&¶### ###¶&=;~,.
.,,,,;=¤&¶ ¶&¤=;,,,,.
.,~;=¤&¶## ##¶&¤=;~,.
.,~;=¤&¶¶¶ ¶¶¶&¤=;~,.
.,~;=¤&¶## ##¶&¤=;~,.