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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. =~,.......
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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. ,.........
.......... ..........
.......... 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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