¨¨¨:~;*$ #&$*;~:¨¨¨
¨¨¨¨:~;*$& &$*;~:¨¨¨¨
¨¨¨¨¨:~;*$ $*;~:¨¨¨¨¨
¨¨¨¨¨¨:~;* *;~:¨¨¨¨¨¨
¨¨¨¨¨¨¨:~; ;~:¨¨¨¨¨¨¨
¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨:~ ¨: ~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~ :¨ ~:¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨
¨¨¨¨¨¨¨:~; nick wilde is a red fox and a conman. ;~:¨¨¨¨¨¨¨
¨¨¨¨¨¨:~;* ¨: ~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~ :¨ *;~:¨¨¨¨¨¨
¨¨¨¨¨:~;*$ $*;~:¨¨¨¨¨
¨¨¨¨:~;*$& 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. ##&$*;~:¨¨
¨:~;*$## ###&$*;~:¨
¨¨:~;*$# ##&$*;~:¨¨
¨¨¨:~;*$ #&$*;~:¨¨¨
¨¨¨¨:~;*$& &$*;~:¨¨¨¨
¨¨¨¨¨:~;*$ $*;~:¨¨¨¨¨