###¤¤†=».¨ ¨.»=†¤¤###
###¤¤†=».¨ ¨.»=†¤¤###
##¤¤†»¨¨¨¨ ¨¨¨¨»†¤¤##
#¤††=.¨¨¨¨ ¨¨¨¨.=††¤#
¤¤††»¨¨¨¨¨ ¨¨¨¨¨»††¤¤
###¤¤†=».¨ ¨. »»»»»»» »»»»»»» »»»»»»» .¨ ¨.»=†¤¤###
###¤¤†=».¨ 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. ¨.»=†¤¤###
¤¤¤†=.¨¨¨¨ ¨¨¨¨.=†¤¤¤
¤¤¤†††=».¨ ¨.»=†††¤¤¤
¤††===»¨¨¨ ¨¨¨»===††¤
##¤¤¤†=».¨ ¨.»=†¤¤¤##
#¤¤=»»¨¨¨¨ ¨¨¨¨»»=¤¤#