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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 ...~~~†*
##@&$*†~~. †~ insects .~~†*$&@##
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#&*~...... brain, which is used to extract ......~*
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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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