.-~\$¤§@## ##@§¤$\~-.
..-~\$¤§@# #@§¤$\~-..
...-~\$¤§@ @§¤$\~-...
....-~\$¤§ §¤$\~-....
.....-~\$¤ ¤$\~-.....
......-~\$ .- ~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~ -. $\~-......
.......-~\ 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. #@§¤$\~-..
.-~\$¤§@## ##@§¤$\~-.
..-~\$¤§@# #@§¤$\~-..
...-~\$¤§@ @§¤$\~-...
....-~\$¤§ §¤$\~-....
.....-~\$¤ ¤$\~-.....