,,,=††¤¤&@ @&¤¤††=,,,
,.=†§¤&@@# #@@&¤§†=.,
,.=†§¤&@@@ @@@&¤§†=.,
,,,,.=§¤@@ @@¤§=.,,,,
,.=†§¤&@@# #@@&¤§†=.,
,.=†§¤&@@@ ,. ======= ======= ======= ., @@@&¤§†=.,
,,,,,,.†¤@ 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. ##@&¤§†=.,
,,..=§¤¤¤@ @¤¤¤§=..,,
,.=†§¤¤¤&@ @&¤¤¤§†=.,
,,,,.†¤¤@@ @@¤¤†.,,,,
,.=†§¤@@## ##@@¤§†=.,
,.===§¤&&@ @&&¤§===.,