.~~:%£@@## ##@@£%:~~.
.~~:%£@#@# #@#@£%:~~.
.~~:%£@@## ##@@£%:~~.
..~~::£@@@ @@@£::~~..
.~~:%£@@## ##@@£%:~~.
.~~:%£@@@# .~ ~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~ ~. #@@@£%:~~.
.~~:%£@#@# 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. ###@£%:~~.
...~~~%@@@ @@@%~~~...
.~~:%£@#@# #@#@£%:~~.
..~~~~~%@# #@%~~~~~..
.~~:%£@#@# #@#@£%:~~.
.~~:%£@#@# #@#@£%:~~.