,,~†^^^^§@ @§^^^^†~,,
,,,,,,,~^§ §^~,,,,,,,
,,,,††^$££ ££$^††,,,,
,,~†^$§£@# #@£§$^†~,,
,,~†^$§£@@ @@£§$^†~,,
,,,~~†^^§§ ,, ~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~ ,, §§^^†~~,,,
,,,,,,†$§§ nick wilde is a red fox and a conman. §§$†,,,,,,
,,~†^$§£@# ,, ~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~ ,, #@£§$^†~,,
,,~†^$£@## ##@£$^†~,,
,,~†^$§£@# he's not above petty crime, but he #@£§$^†~,,
,,~†^$§£@@ knows that if he puts in a bit of work, @@£§$^†~,,
,,~^$§£@## he will find much more lucrative ##@£§$^~,,
,,~†^^^^§@ 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. §^~,,,,,,,
,,,,,,~†$£ £$†~,,,,,,
,,~†^$§£@# #@£§$^†~,,
,,~†^$§££@ @££§$^†~,,
,,,,,~^§£@ @£§^~,,,,,
,,~†$§£@## ##@£§$†~,,