,~»==§§§§£ £§§§§==»~,
,,,,~==§£@ @£§==~,,,,
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,~»==§£¶## ##¶£§==»~,
,~»==§£¶@# #@¶£§==»~,
,~»==§£££@ ,~ »»»»»»» »»»»»»» »»»»»»» ~, @£££§==»~,
,~»==§£¶@# 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. @@¶£§==»~,
,~»==§£¶@# #@¶£§==»~,
,~»==§£¶@# #@¶£§==»~,
,~»==§£¶@# #@¶£§==»~,
,,,,~»==£@ @£==»~,,,,
,~»==§£¶@# #@¶£§==»~,