¨,~^*@&@@# #@@&@*^~,¨
¨¨,,~***&@ @&***~,,¨¨
¨,~^*@&@@# #@@&@*^~,¨
¨,~^*@&@@# #@@&@*^~,¨
¨,~^*@&@@# #@@&@*^~,¨
¨¨¨¨¨¨~**& ¨, ~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~ ,¨ &**~¨¨¨¨¨¨
¨¨¨¨¨~*@@@ 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. &**^^^~,¨¨
¨¨,,~^@@@@ @@@@^~,,¨¨
¨,~^*@&@@# #@@&@*^~,¨
¨,~^*@&@@@ @@@&@*^~,¨
¨¨¨¨,,^*@@ @@*^,,¨¨¨¨
¨,~^*@&@@# #@@&@*^~,¨