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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. @@#££%=»:,
,:»=%££#@@ @@#££%=»:,
,:»=%£££££ 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.) ££%=:,,,,,
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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: #@#££%=»:,
,,,,,,,»%£ £%»,,,,,,,
,:»=%££#@# =» 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. ##££==:,,,
,,,,:=%£££ £££%=:,,,,
,,,:»%££££ 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. ##@#££=»:,
,:»=££#@## ##@#££=»:,
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,,:»==££## nick is uncomfortable around ##££==»:,,
,»=%££#@## the "wild flesh" vats. ##@#££%=»,
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