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¨¨¨¨¨^~*%% 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... ¶@%%*~^¨¨¨
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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 #¶@%%*~^¨¨
¨¨¨^~*%%@¶ (taken from a living human that ¶@%%*~^¨¨¨
¨¨¨¨^~*%%@ is willing to sell) @%%*~^¨¨¨¨
¨¨¨¨¨^~*%% *~ minerals %%*~^¨¨¨¨¨
¨¨¨¨¨¨^~*% *~ blood colony two %*~^¨¨¨¨¨¨
¨¨¨¨¨^~*%% *~ insects %%*~^¨¨¨¨¨
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¨¨¨^~*%%@¶ 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. ¶@%%*~^¨¨¨
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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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¨¨^~*%%@¶# the "wild flesh" vats. #¶@%%*~^¨¨
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