.:=/§%£@## ##@£%§/=:.
..:=/§%£@# #@£%§/=:..
...:=/§%£@ @£%§/=:...
....:=/§%£ £%§/=:....
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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.) :.........
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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. ..........
.........: :.........
........:= =:........
.......:=/ /=:.......
......:=/§ §/=:......
.....:=/§% %§/=:.....