¨&¨&¨¨¨¨&& &¨&¨¨¨¨¨¨&
&&&&&¨¨¨&¨ ¨&&&¨¨¨¨¨&
¨¨¨¨¨&¨¨&& ¨&¨¨&¨¨¨¨&
&¨¨¨¨&&¨&¨ &&&¨&&¨¨¨&
¨&¨¨¨&¨&&& ¨¨¨&&¨&¨¨&
&&&¨¨&&&¨¨ ¨. ~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~ .¨ ¨¨¨&¨&&&¨&
¨¨¨&¨&¨¨&¨ 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. ¨¨&¨&¨&¨&&
&¨¨¨&&&&¨¨ &¨&&&&&&&¨
&&¨¨&¨¨¨&¨ &&&¨¨¨¨¨¨&
¨¨&¨&&¨¨&& &¨¨&¨¨¨¨¨&
&¨&&&¨&¨&¨ &&¨&&¨¨¨¨&
¨&&¨¨&&&&& ¨¨&&¨&¨¨¨&