,,~=†%£¶## ##¶£%†=~,,
,,,~=†%£¶# #¶£%†=~,,,
,,,,~=†%£¶ ¶£%†=~,,,,
,,,~=†%£¶# #¶£%†=~,,,
,,~=†%£¶## ##¶£%†=~,,
,,,~=†%£¶# ,, ~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~ ,, #¶£%†=~,,,
,,,,~=†%£¶ 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. #¶£%†=~,,,
,,~=†%£¶## ##¶£%†=~,,
,,,~=†%£¶# #¶£%†=~,,,
,,,,~=†%£¶ ¶£%†=~,,,,
,,,~=†%£¶# #¶£%†=~,,,
,,~=†%£¶## ##¶£%†=~,,