.....&.... &....&&...
&&&&...&&. ..&&....&&
&&&..&.... &....&&..&
&&.....&&. ..&&......
...&&&.... &....&&&&.
&&..&..&&. .. ~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~ .. ..&&..&&..
.......... 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. &&&..&&&&.
..&&&&.... &&....&&..
&..&&..&&. &..&&....&
.......... ......&&..
&&&&&&&&&& &&&&&....&
&&&&&&&&&& &&&&..&&..