¨¨¨¨§§¨§¨§                                          §§¨¨§§§§¨¨
¨¨¨§¨§§§§¨                                          ¨§¨§¨¨¨§¨¨
¨¨§§§¨¨¨§¨                                          §§§§¨¨§§¨¨
¨§¨¨§¨¨§§§                                          ¨¨¨§¨§¨§¨¨
§§¨§§¨§¨¨§                                          ¨¨§§§§§§¨¨
¨§§¨§§§¨§§       ¨, ««««««« ««««««« ««««««« ,¨      ¨§¨¨¨¨¨§¨§
§¨§§¨¨§§¨§ 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.          §¨¨¨¨¨¨¨¨§
§§¨¨¨¨§¨¨§                                          §¨¨¨¨¨¨¨§¨
¨§¨¨¨§§¨§¨                                          §¨¨¨¨¨¨§§§
§§¨¨§¨§§§§                                          §¨¨¨¨¨§¨¨§
¨§¨§§§¨¨¨§                                          §¨¨¨¨§§¨§¨
§§§¨¨§¨¨§¨                                          §¨¨¨§¨§§§¨