¨:~^^$@@@# #@@@$^^~:¨
¨¨¨¨:~~~^@ @^~~~:¨¨¨¨
¨:~^^$@@@# #@@@$^^~:¨
¨:~^^$@@@@ @@@@$^^~:¨
¨::~~~^$@@ @@$^~~~::¨
¨:~^^$@@@# ¨: ~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~ :¨ #@@@$^^~:¨
¨:~^^$@@@@ NICK WILDE IS A RED FOX AND A CONMAN. @@@@$^^~:¨
¨:~^^$@@@# ¨: ~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~ :¨ #@@@$^^~:¨
¨:~^^$@@@# #@@@$^^~:¨
¨:~^^$@@@@ HE'S NOT ABOVE PETTY CRIME, BUT HE @@@@$^^~:¨
¨:~^^$@@## KNOWS THAT IF HE PUTS IN A BIT OF WORK, ##@@$^^~:¨
¨:~^^^^^$@ HE WILL FIND MUCH MORE LUCRATIVE @$^^^^^~:¨
¨:~^^$@@## REWARDS. ##@@$^^~:¨
¨:~^$@@@## ##@@@$^~:¨
¨¨¨¨¨¨~^$@ AND THUS HE'S CURRENTLY WORKING @$^~¨¨¨¨¨¨
¨¨¨¨:^^$@@ ALONGSIDE HATSUNE MIKU FOR A COMPANY @@$^^:¨¨¨¨
¨:~^^@@@## 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 @@^^~:¨¨¨¨
¨:~^^$@@@# TO GO IN THE "WILD FLESH" PASTE, AND #@@@$^^~:¨
¨:~^^$@@@# SOME PROCESSING CHEMICALS. ALL THESE #@@@$^^~:¨
¨:~^^$@@@# INGREDIENTS HAVE AN EFFECT ON THE BLOOD #@@@$^^~:¨
¨:~^^$@@@@ WHICH IN TURN AFFECTS MIKU. @@@@$^^~:¨
¨¨¨¨:~^^@@ @@^^~:¨¨¨¨
¨:~^^$@@@# THERE IS A LARGE TANK BEHIND THE #@@@$^^~:¨
¨:~^^$@@@# FACTORY THAT CONTAINS A VAST NUMBER OF #@@@$^^~:¨
¨:~^^$@@@@ AUXILLIARY BLOOD COLONIES. MIKU WATCHES @@@@$^^~:¨
¨:~^^$@@@# OVER THESE AS WELL. THEIR PURPOSE IS #@@@$^^~:¨
¨:~^^$@@## UNCLEAR. ##@@$^^~:¨
¨¨¨¨¨¨~^$@ @$^~¨¨¨¨¨¨
¨:~^^$@@@@ THE FACTORY IS SURROUNDED BY THE BLOOD @@@@$^^~:¨
¨:~^^$$@@@ MEAL FARMS. THERE IS A CONSTANT @@@$$^^~:¨
¨¨¨¨:~^^$@ EXCHANGE OF BLOOD AND BLOOD MEAL. THIS @$^^~:¨¨¨¨
¨:~^^$@@@# PROVIDES TWO OF THE MAJOR MATERIALS FOR #@@@$^^~:¨
¨:~^^$@@@# BOTH THE COLONIES AND MIKU. #@@@$^^~:¨
¨:~^^$@@@# #@@@$^^~:¨
¨:~^^$@@@@ ~~~ ~~~ @@@@$^^~:¨
¨:~^^$@@## ~~~ ~~~ ~~~ ##@@$^^~:¨
¨:~~~^^^$@ ~~~ ~~~ @$^^^~~~:¨
¨:~^^$@@@@ @@@@$^^~:¨
¨¨¨¨~^$$@@ NICK IS UNCOMFORTABLE AROUND @@$$^~¨¨¨¨
¨:~^^$@@@# THE "WILD FLESH" VATS. #@@@$^^~:¨
¨:~~~~~^@@ @@^~~~~~:¨
¨:~^^$@@@# #@@@$^^~:¨
¨:~^^^^^@@ @@^^^^^~:¨
¨:~^^$@@@# #@@@$^^~:¨
¨:~^^$@@## ##@@$^^~:¨