,,,,,:~§§# #§§~:,,,,,
,:~^§%§#@@ @@#§%§^~:,
,:~^§%§#@@ @@#§%§^~:,
,,,,,:^§§§ §§§^:,,,,,
,:~^§%§#@# #@#§%§^~:,
,:~^§%§#@# ,: ~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~ :, #@#§%§^~:,
,:~^§%§#@# 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. @§%^^~,,,,
,,,,,,~^%§ §%^~,,,,,,
,,,::~^%%# #%%^~::,,,
,:~^§§§§## ##§§§§^~:,
,,,,~§%%§# #§%%§~,,,,
,,,,,,~§§@ @§§~,,,,,,