.,-†^%§@@# #@@§%^†-,.
.,-†^%§§§§ §§§§%^†-,.
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.,-†^%§@@# #@@§%^†-,.
.,-†^%§@@# #@@§%^†-,.
.,-†^%§@@# ., ------- ------- ------- ,. #@@§%^†-,.
.,-†^%§§@@ 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. @%†,......
.,-†^%§@@@ @@@§%^†-,.
...,---^%@ @%^---,...
.,-†^%§@@# #@@§%^†-,.
.,-†^§@@## ##@@§^†-,.
.,-†^%§@@# #@@§%^†-,.