¨¨¨~~***$@ @$***~~¨¨¨
¨.~*$$$&&& &&&$$$*~.¨
¨.~*$$&@## ##@&$$*~.¨
¨.~*$$&&@# #@&&$$*~.¨
¨¨¨~~~$&&& &&&$~~~¨¨¨
¨.~*$$&@## ¨. ~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~ .¨ ##@&$$*~.¨
¨.~*$$&@## nick wilde is a red fox and a conman. ##@&$$*~.¨
¨.~*$$&@## ¨. ~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~ .¨ ##@&$$*~.¨
¨.~*$$&@## ##@&$$*~.¨
¨.~*$$&@## he's not above petty crime, but he ##@&$$*~.¨
¨.~*$$&@## knows that if he puts in a bit of work, ##@&$$*~.¨
¨.~*$$&&&& he will find much more lucrative &&&&$$*~.¨
¨.~*$$&@## rewards. ##@&$$*~.¨
¨.~*$$&@## ##@&$$*~.¨
¨¨¨¨¨~~*$@ and thus he's currently working @$*~~¨¨¨¨¨
¨¨¨¨¨~*$&& alongside hatsune miku for a company &&$*~¨¨¨¨¨
¨.~*$$&@@# that makes synthetic meal replacements. #@@&$$*~.¨
¨¨¨¨¨.~*$@ he's got a vague outline of a plan, to @$*~.¨¨¨¨¨
¨.~*$$&@## scatter with some product, or even ##@&$$*~.¨
¨.~*$$&@## better, some formula? these things are ##@&$$*~.¨
¨¨¨¨~~**$@ worth a lot to a competitor. @$**~~¨¨¨¨
¨¨¨..~~$&@ @&$~~..¨¨¨
¨.~~***$&@ he's been lucky; the place is @&$***~~.¨
¨.~*$$&@## surprisingly unguarded. once he's got ##@&$$*~.¨
¨.~*$$&@## his paws on something worthwhile, it'll ##@&$$*~.¨
¨¨¨¨¨¨.*$@ be easy to just waltz out. until then, @$*.¨¨¨¨¨¨
¨.~*$$&@## keep doing the work... ##@&$$*~.¨
¨.~*$$&@## ##@&$$*~.¨
¨¨¨¨¨¨~$ 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. ##@&$$*~.¨
¨¨¨¨¨¨.*$& &$*.¨¨¨¨¨¨
¨.~*$&@### ###@&$*~.¨
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¨.~*$&@### ###@&$*~.¨
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