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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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,,«/%§#@## ««« ««« ««« ##@#§%/«,,
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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: #§/«,,,,,,
,,,,«//§## ##§//«,,,,
,,,,,«/§§@ /« 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. #§%//,,,,,
,,«/%§#@@@ @@@#§%/«,,
,,,,«/§#@@ 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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,,,,«/%%§# #§%%/«,,,,
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