,,~:§&¤#@# #@#¤&§:~,,
,,,~:§&¤#@ @#¤&§:~,,,
,,,,~:§&¤# #¤&§:~,,,,
,,,,,~:§&¤ ¤&§:~,,,,,
,,,,,,~:§& &§:~,,,,,,
,,,,,,,~:§ ,, ~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~ ,, §:~,,,,,,,
,,,,,,,,~: 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. @#¤&§:~,,,
,,~:§&¤#@# #@#¤&§:~,,
,,,~:§&¤#@ @#¤&§:~,,,
,,,,~:§&¤# #¤&§:~,,,,
,,,,,~:§&¤ ¤&§:~,,,,,
,,,,,,~:§& &§:~,,,,,,