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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. ##@£*=»^..
.^»=*£@### ###@£*=»^.
..^»=*£@## 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: *=»^......
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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 @£*=»^....
...^»=*£@# (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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