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@¤^~~,.... ....,~~^¤@
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###@¤^†~,. ., ~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~ ,. .,~†^¤@###
##@¤%^†~,. nick wilde is a red fox and a conman. .,~†^%¤@##
¤%†,...... ., ~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~ ,. ......,†%¤
@@@¤%^†~,. .,~†^%¤@@@
##@¤%^†~,. 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... ......~^¤¤
@@¤^†~.... ....~†^¤@@
##@¤%^†~,. 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.) .,~†^%¤@##
##@¤%^†~,. .,~†^%¤@##
@%†~~,.... ~~~ ~~~ ....,~~†%@
@@%%†~,,.. ~~~ ~~~ ~~~ ..,,~†%%@@
@¤%†††,... ~~~ ~~~ ...,†††%¤@
##@¤%^†~,. .,~†^%¤@##
##@¤%^†~,. 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: ....,~†%¤¤
###¤%^†~,. .,~†^%¤###
##@¤%^†~,. †~ 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) .,~†^%¤@##
@%^^†~~... ...~~†^^%@
##@¤%^†~,. ~~~ ~~~ .,~†^%¤@##
##@¤%^†~,. ~~~ ~~~ ~~~ .,~†^%¤@##
¤%%^††~... ~~~ ~~~ ...~††^%%¤
##@¤%^†~,. .,~†^%¤@##
@¤¤¤%^†~,. 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. ....~~^%%¤
##@¤%^†~,. .,~†^%¤@##
##@¤%^†~,. ~~~ ~~~ .,~†^%¤@##
###¤%^†~,. ~~~ ~~~ ~~~ .,~†^%¤###
##@¤%^†~,. ~~~ ~~~ .,~†^%¤@##
##@¤%^†~,. .,~†^%¤@##
#@%^~..... nick is uncomfortable around .....~^%@#
#@@¤%^†~,. the "wild flesh" vats. .,~†^%¤@@#
#¤^~~..... .....~~^¤#
@%††,,.... ....,,††%@
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@¤^†~..... .....~†^¤@