,,~†*%§¶## ##¶§%*†~,,
,,~†*%§¶## ##¶§%*†~,,
,,,,,,~*%¶ ¶%*~,,,,,,
,,,,,†*%§¶ ¶§%*†,,,,,
,,,,,,~†%§ §%†~,,,,,,
,,~†*%§### ,, ~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~ ,, ###§%*†~,,
,,,,,~~*%¶ 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. ##¶§%*†~,,
,,,,,,,~*§ §*~,,,,,,,
,,~†*%§¶## ##¶§%*†~,,
,,~†*%§¶## ##¶§%*†~,,
,,,,,,,†*§ §*†,,,,,,,
,,~†*%§¶## ##¶§%*†~,,