,^~:*$#£@# #@£#$*:~^,
,^~:*$#£@# #@£#$*:~^,
,,,,,,^:$# #$:^,,,,,,
,,,,,~~*$# #$*~~,,,,,
,^~:*$#£@# #@£#$*:~^,
,^~:$#£@## ,^ ~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~ ^, ##@£#$:~^,
,,,,,^~*$# nick wilde is a red fox and a conman. #$*~^,,,,,
,^~:*$#£@# ,^ ~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~ ^, #@£#$*:~^,
,^~:*$#£@# #@£#$*:~^,
,^~:*$#£@# he's not above petty crime, but he #@£#$*:~^,
,^~:*$#£@# knows that if he puts in a bit of work, #@£#$*:~^,
,^~*$#£@## he will find much more lucrative ##@£#$*~^,
,,,,,^:*#@ 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 #*~^,,,,,,
^~:*$#£@## surprisingly unguarded. once he's got ##@£#$*:~^
,^~:*$#£@# his paws on something worthwhile, it'll #@£#$*:~^,
,^~:$#£@## be easy to just waltz out. until then, ##@£#$:~^,
,^~~:::*$# keep doing the work... #$*:::~~^,
,,,,~*$$££ ££$$*~,,,,
,,,,,^:*$£ come to think of it, the place is £$*:^,,,,,
,^~:*$#£## almost eerily empty. there are few ##£#$*:~^,
,^~:*$#£@@ coworkers. (in fact the company is @@£#$*:~^,
,,^^~:$##@ ai-run and only a few key roles are @##$:~^^,,
,^^~~*$$#@ filled by actual people. @#$$*~~^^,
,,,~::*$££ ££$*::~,,,
,,,^~::$££ none of the employees know this.) ££$::~^,,,
,^~::*$##@ @##$*::~^,
,^~:*$#££@ ~~~ ~~~ @££#$*:~^,
,^~:*$#£@# ~~~ ~~~ ~~~ #@£#$*:~^,
,,^^^:*$£@ ~~~ ~~~ @£$*:^^^,,
,^~:*$#£@# #@£#$*:~^,
,^~:*$#£@@ nick and miku are both stationed in @@£#$*:~^,
,^~:*$$$## early processing, housed in a state of ##$$$*:~^,
,^~:*$#@## the art factory close to the docks. ##@#$*:~^,
,^~:$#£@## they create the early building blocks ##@£#$:~^,
,^~:*$#£@# that are later combined into the meals #@£#$*:~^,
,^~:*$#£@# that's sold to customers. #@£#$*:~^,
,,,^~:$$£@ @£$$:~^,,,
,^~:**$$#@ the bases are mostly sludges @#$$**:~^,
,,,,~:*$$£ or pastes, such as: £$$*:~,,,,
,,,,~~~:$£ £$:~~~,,,,
,^~:*$#£@@ :~ plant matter @@£#$*:~^,
,,,,^:$$#@ :~ blood colony @#$$:^,,,,
,,,^^^:*$£ (made with a type of bacteria) £$*:^^^,,,
,^~:*$#£@# :~ wild flesh #@£#$*:~^,
,^^~~:::$£ (free roaming animals) £$:::~~^^,
,^~:*$#£@# :~ organs #@£#$*:~^,
,,,,,,^:$# (taken from a living human that #$:^,,,,,,
,^~:*$#£@@ is willing to sell) @@£#$*:~^,
,^~:*$#@## :~ minerals ##@#$*:~^,
,^~:*$#### :~ blood colony two ####$*:~^,
,^~:*$#£@# :~ insects #@£#$*:~^,
,,,,,^^:*# (which are mainly used for their #*:^^,,,,,
,^~:*$#£@# brain, which is used to extract #@£#$*:~^,
,,,^~~~*## receptors that detect pheromones) ##*~~~^,,,
,^~:*$#£@# #@£#$*:~^,
,^~:*$#£@# ~~~ ~~~ #@£#$*:~^,
,^~:*$#£@# ~~~ ~~~ ~~~ #@£#$*:~^,
,,,,~:$$££ ~~~ ~~~ ££$$:~,,,,
,^~:*$##££ ££##$*:~^,
,^~:*$#£@# miku is in charge of the blood #@£#$*:~^,
,^~:*$#£££ colonies. there's large vats of the £££#$*:~^,
,,,^~~~:$£ original culture which is fed blood £$:~~~^,,,
,^~:*$#£@# meal, bone meal, what doesn't qualify #@£#$*:~^,
,,,~:*$#£@ to go in the "wild flesh" paste, and @£#$*:~,,,
,^~:*$#££@ some processing chemicals. all these @££#$*:~^,
,,,,,^^:$# ingredients have an effect on the blood #$:^^,,,,,
,^~:*$#£@# which in turn affects miku. #@£#$*:~^,
,^~:*$#£@@ @@£#$*:~^,
,^~:*$#£## there is a large tank behind the ##£#$*:~^,
,^~:*$#£@# factory that contains a vast number of #@£#$*:~^,
,,,^^~*$## auxilliary blood colonies. miku watches ##$*~^^,,,
,,,,~:*$$# over these as well. their purpose is #$$*:~,,,,
,^~:*$#£@@ unclear. @@£#$*:~^,
,^:*$#£@## ##@£#$*:^,
,^~:::*$#£ the factory is surrounded by the blood £#$*:::~^,
,,,^^:*$$£ meal farms. there is a constant £$$*:^^,,,
,^~:$#£@## exchange of blood and blood meal. this ##@£#$:~^,
,^~:$#£@## provides two of the major materials for ##@£#$:~^,
,^~:*$$### both the colonies and miku. ###$$*:~^,
,^~:*#£@## ##@£#*:~^,
,,,,~~*$#@ ~~~ ~~~ @#$*~~,,,,
,^~:*$#£@# ~~~ ~~~ ~~~ #@£#$*:~^,
,,^~~*$### ~~~ ~~~ ###$*~~^,,
,^~:***#££ ££#***:~^,
,^~:*$#£@# nick is uncomfortable around #@£#$*:~^,
,,,,^~~*$# the "wild flesh" vats. #$*~~^,,,,
,,,,,,^~*# #*~^,,,,,,
,^~:*$#£@# #@£#$*:~^,
,,,,~~::$£ £$::~~,,,,
,,,,,^:**# #**:^,,,,,
,^~:*$##£@ @£##$*:~^,