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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... ,,,-^%##@#
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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 ,,,-^%##@#
@##%^-,,,, (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. ,,,-^%##@#
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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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#@##%^-,,, nick is uncomfortable around ,,,-^%##@#
##@##%^-,, the "wild flesh" vats. ,,-^%##@##
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