¨¨¨¨¨-\†@@ @@†\-¨¨¨¨¨
¨--\†%@#@@ @@#@%†\--¨
¨¨¨¨-†%%#@ @#%%†-¨¨¨¨
¨--\†%%%@@ @@%%%†\--¨
¨--\†%@##@ @##@%†\--¨
¨--\†%@#@# ¨- ------- ------- ------- -¨ #@#@%†\--¨
¨--\†%@#@@ 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. #@#@%†\--¨
¨¨¨¨¨--\%# #%\--¨¨¨¨¨
¨--\†%@#@# #@#@%†\--¨
¨--\†%@#@# #@#@%†\--¨
¨--\†%@#@# #@#@%†\--¨
¨--\†%@#@# #@#@%†\--¨