¨¨¨¨¨¨¨~^& &^~¨¨¨¨¨¨¨
¨¨¨,†^&&&@ @&&&^†,¨¨¨
¨¨¨¨¨~~^^& &^^~~¨¨¨¨¨
¨¨¨,†^^^&& &&^^^†,¨¨¨
¨¨¨¨,†^&@@ @@&^†,¨¨¨¨
¨,~†^&&@@# ¨, ~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~ ,¨ #@@&&^†~,¨
¨¨¨,,,†&&& 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. #@@&&^†~,¨
¨,~†^&&@@# #@@&&^†~,¨
¨,~†^&&@@# #@@&&^†~,¨
¨¨,,,~^^^& &^^^~,,,¨¨
¨¨¨¨¨,††&& &&††,¨¨¨¨¨
¨,~†^&&@@# #@@&&^†~,¨