,,,-^§*§¶# #¶§*§^-,,,
,,-^§*§¶## ##¶§*§^-,,
,,,-^§*§¶# #¶§*§^-,,,
,,,,-^§*§¶ ¶§*§^-,,,,
,,,,,-^§*§ §*§^-,,,,,
,,,,-^§*§¶ ,, ------- ------- ------- ,, ¶§*§^-,,,,
,,,-^§*§¶# 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. ¶§*§^-,,,,
,,,-^§*§¶# #¶§*§^-,,,
,,-^§*§¶## ##¶§*§^-,,
,,,-^§*§¶# #¶§*§^-,,,
,,,,-^§*§¶ ¶§*§^-,,,,
,,,,,-^§*§ §*§^-,,,,,