¨^-;*§@@#@ @#@@§*;-^¨
¨^-;*§@#@@ @@#@§*;-^¨
¨^-;*§@#@# #@#@§*;-^¨
¨¨¨¨^;**@# #@**;^¨¨¨¨
¨^-;*@#@## ##@#@*;-^¨
¨^-;*§@#@# ¨^ ------- ------- ------- ^¨ #@#@§*;-^¨
¨¨¨^--;*@@ 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. #@#@§*;-^¨
¨^-;*§§@#@ @#@§§*;-^¨
¨¨¨¨--;§@# #@§;--¨¨¨¨
¨^-;*§@### ###@§*;-^¨
¨^-;*§@#@# #@#@§*;-^¨
¨^-;*§@#@# #@#@§*;-^¨