..~~;%$&&& &&&$%;~~..
..~;;;%$&@ @&$%;;;~..
..~;%$$$&& &&$$$%;~..
..~;%$&@## ##@&$%;~..
..~;%$&@## ##@&$%;~..
......~~%& .. ~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~ .. &%~~......
.....;$&&@ nick wilde is a red fox and a conman. @&&$;.....
..~;%$&&&& .. ~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~ .. &&&&$%;~..
..~;%$&@@# #@@&$%;~..
.......;%& 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 &&$;......
..~;%$$&&@ auxilliary blood colonies. miku watches @&&$$%;~..
..~;%$&@## over these as well. their purpose is ##@&$%;~..
..~;%$@### unclear. ###@$%;~..
..~;%$&@## ##@&$%;~..
......;;$@ the factory is surrounded by the blood @$;;......
..~;%$&@## meal farms. there is a constant ##@&$%;~..
......;$@@ exchange of blood and blood meal. this @@$;......
....;;%$@# provides two of the major materials for #@$%;;....
..~;%$&&&@ both the colonies and miku. @&&&$%;~..
..~;%$&@## ##@&$%;~..
......~%$@ ~~~ ~~~ @$%~......
..~;%$&@## ~~~ ~~~ ~~~ ##@&$%;~..
......;;$& ~~~ ~~~ &$;;......
..~~~;%&&& &&&%;~~~..
..~;%$&@## nick is uncomfortable around ##@&$%;~..
..~;%$## the "wild flesh" vats. ###&$%;~..
..~;%%%&@@ @@&%%%;~..
..~;%$@### ###@$%;~..
..~;%$&@## ##@&$%;~..
..~;%$$$@@ @@$$$%;~..
.....~;;%& &%;;~.....