££***~.... ....~***££
###£&£**.. ..**£&£###
#&££*~.... ....~*££
£&£*~..... .....~*£&£
££££*..... .....*££££
##£&£**~.. .. ~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~ .. ..~**£&£##
££££*..... 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. ..~**£&£##
#££**~.... ....~**££#
##£&£**~.. ..~**£&£##
##£&£**~.. ..~**£&£##
##£&£**~.. ..~**£&£##
&£*~...... ......~*£&