,,,,,^~%§# #§%~^,,,,,
,,,,^††§## ##§††^,,,,
,^~†%§#### ####§%†~^,
,,,,^^†%§# #§%†^^,,,,
,^†%§##### #####§%†^,
,^~†%%§§## ,^ ~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~ ^, ##§§%%†~^,
,,,,,^~%§# 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. #§†^^,,,,,
,^^^~††§## ##§††~^^^,
,^~†%§#### ####§%†~^,
,^~†%§#### ####§%†~^,
,^~†%§#### ####§%†~^,
,^~†%%§§## ##§§%%†~^,