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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 ,:~**¤¤¤¤¤
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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 ,:~**¤¤£##
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#££¤¤**~:, *~ plant matter ,:~**¤¤££#
££¤****~:, *~ blood colony ,:~****¤££
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##£¤¤**~:, *~ wild flesh ,:~**¤¤£##
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##£¤¤**~:, *~ organs ,:~**¤¤£##
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###¤¤**~:, *~ minerals ,:~**¤¤###
##£¤¤**~:, *~ blood colony two ,:~**¤¤£##
£¤¤¤***~:, *~ insects ,:~***¤¤¤£
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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 ,,,,~*¤¤£#
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