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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. ¨¨¨¨,««^§&
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##@&§$^«,¨ he's been lucky; the place is ¨,«^$§&@##
&&$^««««,¨ surprisingly unguarded. once he's got ¨,««««^$&&
#&§$^,,¨¨¨ his paws on something worthwhile, it'll ¨¨¨,,^$§&#
@@&§$^^«,¨ be easy to just waltz out. until then, ¨,«^^$§&@@
&§^,,,,,,¨ 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 ¨,«^§&@###
##@&§$^«,¨ early processing, housed in a state of ¨,«^$§&@##
#@@&§$^«,¨ the art factory close to the docks. ¨,«^$§&@@#
&$«,,,,¨¨¨ they create the early building blocks ¨¨¨,,,,«$&
##@&§$^«,¨ that are later combined into the meals ¨,«^$§&@##
##@&§$^«,¨ that's sold to customers. ¨,«^$§&@##
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@§$«¨¨¨¨¨¨ the bases are mostly sludges ¨¨¨¨¨¨«$§@
@@@&§$^«,¨ or pastes, such as: ¨,«^$§&@@@
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#@@&§$^«,¨ ^« plant matter ¨,«^$§&@@#
#@§$$^^«,¨ ^« blood colony ¨,«^^$$§@#
#@&$^^«,,¨ (made with a type of bacteria) ¨,,«^^$&@#
&§$^«,¨¨¨¨ ^« wild flesh ¨¨¨¨,«^$§&
&§^^,¨¨¨¨¨ (free roaming animals) ¨¨¨¨¨,^^§&
##@&§$^«,¨ ^« organs ¨,«^$§&@##
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##@&§$^«,¨ is willing to sell) ¨,«^$§&@##
&$^,¨¨¨¨¨¨ ^« minerals ¨¨¨¨¨¨,^$&
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&$$$«¨¨¨¨¨ ^« insects ¨¨¨¨¨«$$$&
##@&§$^«,¨ (which are mainly used for their ¨,«^$§&@##
##@&§$^«,¨ brain, which is used to extract ¨,«^$§&@##
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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. ¨¨¨¨¨,^§§@
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@&§^««¨¨¨¨ 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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