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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) @£;;~^....
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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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