,,,,~††%%@ @%%††~,,,,
,,~†*%@¶## ##¶@%*†~,,
,,~†*%¶### ###¶%*†~,,
,,~~~~*%%@ @%%*~~~~,,
,,~†*%%%@¶ ¶@%%%*†~,,
,,,,~**%@# ,, ~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~ ,, #@%**~,,,,
,,~~~†%%¶# 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. ###¶@*†~,,
,,~†*%@¶## ##¶@%*†~,,
,,~†*%¶### ###¶%*†~,,
,,~†*%@¶## ##¶@%*†~,,
,,~†*%@¶## ##¶@%*†~,,
,,~†*@¶### ###¶@*†~,,