¨¨¨¨¨¨:~†† ††~:¨¨¨¨¨¨
¨¨¨¨¨:~††& &††~:¨¨¨¨¨
¨¨¨¨:~††&¶ ¶&††~:¨¨¨¨
¨¨¨:~††&¶# #¶&††~:¨¨¨
¨¨:~††&¶## ##¶&††~:¨¨
¨:~††&¶### ¨: ~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~ :¨ ###¶&††~:¨
¨¨:~††&¶## 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. ###¶&††~:¨
¨¨:~††&¶## ##¶&††~:¨¨
¨¨¨:~††&¶# #¶&††~:¨¨¨
¨¨¨¨:~††&¶ ¶&††~:¨¨¨¨
¨¨¨¨¨:~††& &††~:¨¨¨¨¨
¨¨¨¨¨¨:~†† ††~:¨¨¨¨¨¨