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.^»;=£@@## nick wilde is a red fox and a conman. ##@@£=;»^.
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.^»;=£@### 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... ##£=;»....
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....^»»;=@ 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. @=;;^.....
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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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