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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. .....~*=%£
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##£%=*~... 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... .........~
*~........ ........~*
=*~....... 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: .....~*=%£
#£%=*~.... ....~*=%£#
##£%=*~... *~ 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. .......~*=
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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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~......... nick is uncomfortable around .........~
.......... the "wild flesh" vats. ..........
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