¨¨§¨¨¨§¨§¨                                          §§¨§¨¨¨¨§§
§¨§§¨¨§§§§                                          §¨§§§¨¨¨§¨
§§§¨§¨§¨¨¨                                          ¨§§¨¨§¨¨§§
¨¨¨§§§§§¨¨                                          §§¨§¨§§¨§¨
¨¨¨§¨¨¨¨§¨                                          §¨§§§§¨§§§
§¨¨§§¨¨¨§§       ¨- ------- ------- ------- -¨      §§§¨¨¨§§¨¨
§§¨§¨§¨¨§¨ 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.          §¨¨§¨§§§¨¨
§¨¨¨§§§¨§¨                                          ¨§¨§§§¨¨§¨
§§¨¨§¨¨§§§                                          §§§§¨¨§¨§§
¨¨§¨§§¨§¨¨                                          §¨¨¨§¨§§§¨
¨¨§§§¨§§§¨                                          §§¨¨§§§¨¨§
§¨§¨¨§§¨¨§                                          §¨§¨§¨¨§¨§