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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. &.&&&&&..&
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&...&.&..& 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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