,,~~\%£§@@ @@§£%\~~,,
,~~\%£§@@# #@@§£%\~~,
,,~~\%£§@@ @@§£%\~~,,
,,,~~\%£§@ @§£%\~~,,,
,,,,~~\%£§ §£%\~~,,,,
,,,,,~~\%£ ,~ ~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~ ~, £%\~~,,,,,
,,,,,,~~\% 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. £%\~~,,,,,
,,,,,,~~\% %\~~,,,,,,
,,,,,~~\%£ £%\~~,,,,,
,,,,~~\%£§ §£%\~~,,,,
,,,~~\%£§@ @§£%\~~,,,
,,~~\%£§@@ @@§£%\~~,,