,:~\†%§#@# #@#§%†\~:,
,:~\†%§#@# #@#§%†\~:,
,:~\†%§#@# #@#§%†\~:,
,:~\†%§#@@ @@#§%†\~:,
,,,,,::\%§ §%\::,,,,,
,,,,,~\%%# ,: ~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~ :, #%%\~,,,,,
,:~\%§#@## 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. §§††~::,,,
,:~\†%§#@# #@#§%†\~:,
,,,,,,:\%# #%\:,,,,,,
,,,:\\\†§@ @§†\\\:,,,
,:~\†%§#@# #@#§%†\~:,
,:~\†%§#@# #@#§%†\~:,