,:~;^£@@## ##@@£^;~:,
,:~;^£@@@# #@@@£^;~:,
,:~;^£@@@# #@@@£^;~:,
,,,:~;;£@@ @@£;;~:,,,
,:~;^£@@@# #@@@£^;~:,
,,,,~~;;^@ ,: ~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~ :, @^;;~~,,,,
,:~;^£@@@@ 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. ##@@£^;~:,
,,,,,:~~^@ @^~~:,,,,,
,,,,,~^@@@ @@@^~,,,,,
,,,,~~^^£@ @£^^~~,,,,
,:~;^£@@@@ @@@@£^;~:,
,:~;^£@@@# #@@@£^;~:,