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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 #%:~¨¨¨¨¨¨
¨~~:$%¤### better, some formula? these things are ###¤%$:~~¨
¨~~:$%¤### worth a lot to a competitor. ###¤%$:~~¨
¨~~:$%¤### ###¤%$:~~¨
¨¨¨¨¨¨¨~$¤ he's been lucky; the place is ¤$~¨¨¨¨¨¨¨
¨~~:$%¤### surprisingly unguarded. once he's got ###¤%$:~~¨
¨¨¨¨¨~~:$¤ his paws on something worthwhile, it'll ¤$:~~¨¨¨¨¨
¨~~:$%¤### be easy to just waltz out. until then, ###¤%$:~~¨
¨~~:$$$%%# keep doing the work... #%%$$$:~~¨
¨¨¨¨~~:%¤# #¤%:~~¨¨¨¨
¨~~:$%¤### come to think of it, the place is ###¤%$:~~¨
¨¨¨¨¨¨~~$¤ almost eerily empty. there are few ¤$~~¨¨¨¨¨¨
¨¨¨¨¨~~$¤¤ coworkers. (in fact the company is ¤¤$~~¨¨¨¨¨
¨~~:$$$$%¤ ai-run and only a few key roles are ¤%$$$$:~~¨
¨~~:$%¤### filled by actual people. ###¤%$:~~¨
¨~~:$%¤### ###¤%$:~~¨
¨~~:$%%¤## none of the employees know this.) ##¤%%$:~~¨
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¨~~:$%¤### ~~~ ~~~ ###¤%$:~~¨
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¨~~:$%¤### ~~~ ~~~ ###¤%$:~~¨
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¨~~:$%¤### nick and miku are both stationed in ###¤%$:~~¨
¨~~:$%¤¤¤# early processing, housed in a state of #¤¤¤%$:~~¨
¨¨¨~~::%¤¤ the art factory close to the docks. ¤¤%::~~¨¨¨
¨¨¨¨¨~:%¤¤ they create the early building blocks ¤¤%:~¨¨¨¨¨
¨¨¨¨~~:%## that are later combined into the meals ##%:~~¨¨¨¨
¨¨¨¨~::%%¤ that's sold to customers. ¤%%::~¨¨¨¨
¨¨¨~~:$%¤# #¤%$:~~¨¨¨
¨¨¨~~:%%¤¤ the bases are mostly sludges ¤¤%%:~~¨¨¨
¨~~:$%¤### or pastes, such as: ###¤%$:~~¨
¨¨¨¨¨~~$%# #%$~~¨¨¨¨¨
¨¨¨¨~::$¤¤ :~ plant matter ¤¤$::~¨¨¨¨
¨~~:$%¤### :~ blood colony ###¤%$:~~¨
¨¨¨¨¨~~~$¤ (made with a type of bacteria) ¤$~~~¨¨¨¨¨
¨~~:$%¤### :~ wild flesh ###¤%$:~~¨
¨~~:$%¤### (free roaming animals) ###¤%$:~~¨
¨~~:::%%## :~ organs ##%%:::~~¨
¨¨¨¨¨~$$%¤ (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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