¤†~....... .......~†¤
¤¤¤*~..... .....~*¤¤¤
@¤*....... .......*¤@
@@¤*...... ......*¤@@
#¤¤¤*~.... ....~*¤¤¤#
##@¤¤†*~.. .. ~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~ .. ..~*†¤¤@##
¤¤†*~..... 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. .......*¤¤
###¤¤†*~.. ..~*†¤¤###
###¤¤†*~.. ..~*†¤¤###
¤¤*....... .......*¤¤
##@¤¤†*~.. ..~*†¤¤@##
@@@¤¤†*~.. ..~*†¤¤@@@