¨¨,,-^*¤¶# #¶¤*^-,,¨¨
¨,-^*$¤¶## ##¶¤$*^-,¨
¨,-^*$¤¶## ##¶¤$*^-,¨
¨,-^*$¤¶## ##¶¤$*^-,¨
,-^*$¤¶### ###¶¤$*^-,
¨,-^*$¤¶## ¨, ------- ------- ------- ,¨ ##¶¤$*^-,¨
¨,-^*$¶### nick wilde is a red fox and a conman. ###¶$*^-,¨
¨,,-^*$¤¶# ¨, ------- ------- ------- ,¨ #¶¤$*^-,,¨
¨¨¨¨,-^*$¤ ¤$*^-,¨¨¨¨
¨,-*$¤¶### he's not above petty crime, but he ###¶¤$*-,¨
¨¨¨¨¨¨,^*¤ 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 #¤$$*--,,¨
¨,-^*$¤¶## meal farms. there is a constant ##¶¤$*^-,¨
¨,-^*$¤¶## exchange of blood and blood meal. this ##¶¤$*^-,¨
¨¨¨¨--^*$¶ provides two of the major materials for ¶$*^--¨¨¨¨
¨¨¨¨,^^*¤¤ both the colonies and miku. ¤¤*^^,¨¨¨¨
¨¨¨¨,,^*¤¶ ¶¤*^,,¨¨¨¨
¨¨¨¨¨,^$¶# --- --- #¶$^,¨¨¨¨¨
¨,-^*$¤¶## --- --- --- ##¶¤$*^-,¨
¨,-^*$¤¶## --- --- ##¶¤$*^-,¨
¨,-^*$¤¶## ##¶¤$*^-,¨
¨,-^*$¤¶## nick is uncomfortable around ##¶¤$*^-,¨
¨,-^*$¤¶## the "wild flesh" vats. ##¶¤$*^-,¨
¨¨,,^*$$¤# #¤$$*^,,¨¨
¨¨¨¨¨¨--*¤ ¤*--¨¨¨¨¨¨
¨,-^*$¤¶## ##¶¤$*^-,¨
¨,-^*$¤¶## ##¶¤$*^-,¨
¨¨¨,-^*$$¶ ¶$$*^-,¨¨¨