¨¨:~/§¤§#@ @#§¤§/~:¨¨
¨:~/§¤§#@# #@#§¤§/~:¨
¨¨:~/§¤§#@ @#§¤§/~:¨¨
¨¨¨:~/§¤§# #§¤§/~:¨¨¨
¨¨¨¨:~/§¤§ §¤§/~:¨¨¨¨
¨¨¨¨¨:~/§¤ ¨: ~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~ :¨ ¤§/~:¨¨¨¨¨
¨¨¨¨¨¨:~/§ 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. #§¤§/~:¨¨¨
¨¨:~/§¤§#@ @#§¤§/~:¨¨
¨:~/§¤§#@# #@#§¤§/~:¨
¨¨:~/§¤§#@ @#§¤§/~:¨¨
¨¨¨:~/§¤§# #§¤§/~:¨¨¨
¨¨¨¨:~/§¤§ §¤§/~:¨¨¨¨