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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. #£%**«-...
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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... %**«-.....
......-«** **«-......
.......-«* 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. £%**«-....
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......-«** 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 %**«-.....
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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 £%**«-....
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.....-«**% 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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