,,~:*¤£#@# #@#£¤*:~,,
,,~:*¤££#@ @#££¤*:~,,
,,~:*¤£#@@ @@#£¤*:~,,
,,,,~:¤¤£# #£¤¤:~,,,,
,,~:*¤£### ###£¤*:~,,
,,~:*¤£#@# ,, ~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~ ,, #@#£¤*:~,,
,,~:*¤£#@# 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. ###£¤*:~,,
,,~:*¤£### ###£¤*:~,,
,,,,~:*£## ##£*:~,,,,
,,~:**¤¤£@ @£¤¤**:~,,
,,~:*¤£££@ @£££¤*:~,,
,,,,,,,:*£ £*:,,,,,,,