£&§**~-... ...-~**§&£
#£&§**~-.. ..-~**§&£#
##£&§**~-. .-~**§&£##
#£&§**~-.. ..-~**§&£#
£&§**~-... ...-~**§&£
&§**~-.... .- ~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~ -. ....-~**§&
§**~-..... 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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