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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. #..##..###
....###..# ........##
.##..#.... 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. .####....#
..##...... ..##..##..
#....####. 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 ##########
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########## the factory is surrounded by the blood ##########
########## meal farms. there is a constant ##########
########## exchange of blood and blood meal. this ##########
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########## both the colonies and miku. ##########
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########## the "wild flesh" vats. ##########
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