,,,,,,~†%@ @%†~,,,,,,
,,,:::~%@# #@%~:::,,,
,,,,,:†%@@ @@%†:,,,,,
,,,,~~†£#@ @#£†~~,,,,
,:~†%£@#@# #@#@£%†~:,
,:~~~††£@@ ,: ~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~ :, @@£††~~~:,
,,,,,~%£@# 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. @##@£%†~:,
,,,,,,~%£@ @£%~,,,,,,
,:~†%£@#@# #@#@£%†~:,
,:~†%£££@@ @@£££%†~:,
,:~†%£@@@@ @@@@£%†~:,
,:~†%£@#@@ @@#@£%†~:,