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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 ¨¨¨¨-/*¤@#
##@¤£*/~-¨ (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 ¨¨¨¨-///£¤
##@¤£*/~-¨ 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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