.,~^$£¤#@@ @@#¤£$^~,.
.,~^$£¤##@ @##¤£$^~,.
.,~^$£¤¤¤# #¤¤¤£$^~,.
.,~~^^^£## ##£^^^~~,.
.,~^$£¤#@# #@#¤£$^~,.
.,~^$£¤#@# ., ~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~ ,. #@#¤£$^~,.
.,~^$£¤### nick wilde is a red fox and a conman. ###¤£$^~,.
.,~^$£¤#@# ., ~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~ ,. #@#¤£$^~,.
....~^££## ##££^~....
.,~^$£¤##@ he's not above petty crime, but he @##¤£$^~,.
.,~^$£¤#@# knows that if he puts in a bit of work, #@#¤£$^~,.
.,~^$£#@## he will find much more lucrative ##@#£$^~,.
.,~^$£¤@## rewards. ##@¤£$^~,.
.,~^$£¤#@# #@#¤£$^~,.
.,~^$£¤#@@ and thus he's currently working @@#¤£$^~,.
......~$¤@ alongside hatsune miku for a company @¤$~......
.,~^$£¤#@# that makes synthetic meal replacements. #@#¤£$^~,.
.,~^$£¤#@@ he's got a vague outline of a plan, to @@#¤£$^~,.
.....~^£¤@ 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. @¤£^~,....
.,~~^^$¤¤@ @¤¤$^^~~,.
.,~^$£¤#@@ ~~~ ~~~ @@#¤£$^~,.
.,~^$£¤#@# ~~~ ~~~ ~~~ #@#¤£$^~,.
.,~^$£¤@## ~~~ ~~~ ##@¤£$^~,.
.,~^$£#@## ##@#£$^~,.
.,~^$¤#@## nick is uncomfortable around ##@#¤$^~,.
....,,~$£# the "wild flesh" vats. #£$~,,....
.,~^$£¤#@# #@#¤£$^~,.
.,~^$£¤#@@ @@#¤£$^~,.
.,~^$$$£## ##£$$$^~,.
.,~^$£¤### ###¤£$^~,.
....~^$£## ##£$^~....