,:»**@£#@# #@#£@**»:,
,,:»**@£#@ @#£@**»:,,
,:»**@£#@# #@#£@**»:,
,,:»**@£#@ @#£@**»:,,
,:»**@£#@# #@#£@**»:,
,,:»**@£#@ ,: »»»»»»» »»»»»»» »»»»»»» :, @#£@**»:,,
,:»**@£#@# 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. @#£@**»:,,
,:»**@£#@# #@#£@**»:,
,,:»**@£#@ @#£@**»:,,
,:»**@£#@# #@#£@**»:,
,,:»**@£#@ @#£@**»:,,
,:»**@£#@# #@#£@**»:,