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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 ....,-;*@@
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@@£@£*;-,. that's sold to customers. .,-;*£@£@@
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££;;-..... the bases are mostly sludges .....-;;££
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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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