......:-*£ £*-:......
.:-**§§££# #££§§**-:.
.:-**§£££# #£££§**-:.
.:-**§£¶## ##¶£§**-:.
....-***££ ££***-....
.:-**§£¶## .: ------- ------- ------- :. ##¶£§**-:.
.:-***§££¶ 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. ##¶£§**-:.
.:-**§£¶## ##¶£§**-:.
.:-****§¶¶ ¶¶§****-:.
.:-**§£¶## ##¶£§**-:.
.:-**§£££¶ ¶£££§**-:.
....--*§£# #£§*--....