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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. ¨¨¨¨¨~~;%%
%;~~¨¨¨¨¨¨ ¨¨¨¨¨¨~~;%
;~~¨¨¨¨¨¨¨ 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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