,,,,,~†%§@ @§%†~,,,,,
,~~†%£§@## ##@§£%†~~,
,~~~~~%§§§ §§§%~~~~~,
,,,,~~~%§@ @§%~~~,,,,
,,,,,,~†£§ §£†~,,,,,,
,~~†%%££§§ ,~ ~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~ ~, §§££%%†~~,
,,,,~~%%£§ 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. ##@§£%†~~,
,~~†%£§@## ##@§£%†~~,
,,,,,,~†%§ §%†~,,,,,,
,~~†%£§@## ##@§£%†~~,
,,,,~~%§@@ @@§%~~,,,,
,~~†%£§@## ##@§£%†~~,