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###*†*~:,, ,, :: ~~ THE GOLDEN ~~ :: ,, ,,:~*†*###
####*†*~:, ###£*† M †*£### ,:~*†*####
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##*†*~:,,, LETS HEAR IT FOR ,,,:~*†*##
#*†*~:,,,, *** MC DONALDS *** ,,,,:~*†*#
*†*~:,,,,, ,,,,,:~*†*
†*~:,,,,,, WHAT CAN I DO YA FOR ,,,,,,:~*†
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~:,,,,,,,, : CHEESEBURGER : ,,,,,,,,:~
:,,,,,,,,, : NUGGETS : ,,,,,,,,,:
~:,,,,,,,, : DOUBLE CHEESEBURGER : ,,,,,,,,:~
*~:,,,,,,, : FRIES : ,,,,,,,:~*
†*~:,,,,,, : CARBONATED WATER : ,,,,,,:~*†
*†*~:,,,,, : BEARNAISE DIP SAUCE : ,,,,,:~*†*
#*†*~:,,,, : BIG MAC : ,,,,:~*†*#
##*†*~:,,, : COFFEE : ,,,:~*†*##
###*†*~:,, ,,:~*†*###
####*†*~:, £££££ * £££££ ,:~*†*####
###*†*~:,, ,,:~*†*###
##*†*~:,,, IT ALL BEGAN A THOUSAND YEARS AGO IN ,,,:~*†*##
#*†*~:,,,, LIKE THE EIGHTEENTH CENTURY. A DARK ,,,,:~*†*#
*†*~:,,,,, FIGURE EMERGED FROM A TAVERN AFTER A ,,,,,:~*†*
†*~:,,,,,, FEW YEARS APPRENTICESHIP, WITH AN IDEA. ,,,,,,:~*†
*~:,,,,,,, IT WAS ILLEGAL TO SELL FOOD IN THE ,,,,,,,:~*
~:,,,,,,,, REGION FOR EVERYBODY EXCEPT THAT TAVERN. ,,,,,,,,:~
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~:,,,,,,,, BUT MARIGOLD DIDN'T CARE. ,,,,,,,,:~
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†*~:,,,,,, SHE BEGAN PUTTING DRIED LIZARD MEAT ,,,,,,:~*†
*†*~:,,,,, BETWEEN TWO BREAD SLICES, OPERATING OUT ,,,,,:~*†*
#*†*~:,,,, OF A CART, NOT STAYING IN THE SAME ,,,,:~*†*#
##*†*~:,,, PLACE LONG. IN THE DAY SHE SLEPT, IN ,,,:~*†*##
###*†*~:,, THE EVE SHE SOLD HER WARES, AND IN THE ,,:~*†*###
####*†*~:, NIGHT SHE POACHED. ,:~*†*####
###*†*~:,, ,,:~*†*###
##*†*~:,,, AFTER A FEW YEARS, MARIGOLDS FOOD CART ,,,:~*†*##
#*†*~:,,,, HAD A REPUTATION. SHE CALLED IT ,,,,:~*†*#
*†*~:,,,,, :, THE GOLDEN M ,: ,,,,,:~*†*
†*~:,,,,,, AND PEOPLE TALKED ABOUT THE GOLDEN M. ,,,,,,:~*†
*~:,,,,,,, THE OLD TAVERN HAD THEIR MONOPOLY AND ,,,,,,,:~*
~:,,,,,,,, DIDN'T CHANGE THEIR MENU MUCH. ,,,,,,,,:~
:,,,,,,,,, MARIGOLDS SECRET LIZARD FOODCART WAS ,,,,,,,,,:
~:,,,,,,,, NEW AND FRESH. ,,,,,,,,:~
*~:,,,,,,, ,,,,,,,:~*
†*~:,,,,,, HOWEVER, SHE BECAME A LITTLE TOO WELL ,,,,,,:~*†
*†*~:,,,,, KNOWN. THE TAVERNS MEN HOT ON HER ,,,,,:~*†*
#*†*~:,,,, TRAIL, SHE COULD STAY A SHORTER AND ,,,,:~*†*#
##*†*~:,,, SHORTER TIME IN EACH LOCATION. SHE FELT ,,,:~*†*##
###*†*~:,, HUNTED. AND SOON ENOUGH THERE CAME A ,,:~*†*###
####*†*~:, TIME WHEN THEY STARTED WATCHING FOR HER ,:~*†*####
###*†*~:,, AT THE GATES OF EVERY VILLAGE. ,,:~*†*###
##*†*~:,,, ,,,:~*†*##
#*†*~:,,,, SO SHE HID THE CART, AND DISAPPEARED, ,,,,:~*†*#
*†*~:,,,,, FOREVER. ,,,,,:~*†*
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*~:,,,,,,, £££ * £££ ,,,,,,,:~*
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:,,,,,,,,, AFTER THIRTY YEARS, A MAN NAMED ,,,,,,,,,:
~:,,,,,,,, NICHOLAS FOUND THE CART. HE WAS A ,,,,,,,,:~
*~:,,,,,,, CURSED ENTREPRENEUR (THEY ALL ARE ,,,,,,,:~*
†*~:,,,,,, (CURSED, I MEAN)) AND AS SUCH HE OF ,,,,,,:~*†
*†*~:,,,,, COURSE THOUGHT IT A GOOD IDEA TO FOLLOW ,,,,,:~*†*
#*†*~:,,,, IN MARIGOLDS FOODSTEPS. ,,,,:~*†*#
##*†*~:,,, ,,,:~*†*##
###*†*~:,, HE WASN'T ALL THAT OF A COOK, AND EVEN ,,:~*†*###
####*†*~:, THOUGH SOME RECOGNIZED THE GOLDEN M, HE ,:~*†*####
###*†*~:,, QUICKLY FELL INTO INFAMITY. HOWEVER HE ,,:~*†*###
##*†*~:,,, WAS KIND OF A HARDHAT AND DIDN'T STOP ,,,:~*†*##
#*†*~:,,,, TRYING. THE TAVERN DIDN'T CARE FOR HIM ,,,,:~*†*#
*†*~:,,,,, SINCE NOBODY BOUGHT HIS FOOD ANYWAY ,,,,,:~*†*
†*~:,,,,,, (AND ALSO THEY HAD EXPANDED TOO ,,,,,,:~*†
*~:,,,,,,, QUICKLY, SUCCUMBED TO CORRUPTION, AND ,,,,,,,:~*
~:,,,,,,,, WAS IN THE PROCESS OF FALLING APART). ,,,,,,,,:~
:,,,,,,,,, ,,,,,,,,,:
~:,,,,,,,, ANGRY AT EVERYONE FOR NOT UNDERSTANDING ,,,,,,,,:~
*~:,,,,,,, HIS FOOD, HE VOWED TO LEAVE ,,,,,,,:~*
†*~:,,,,,, KIRUGU VARGIR ENTIERLY. ,,,,,,:~*†
*†*~:,,,,, ,,,,,:~*†*
#*†*~:,,,, WHICH HE DID. ,,,,:~*†*#
##*†*~:,,, ,,,:~*†*##
###*†*~:,, ££ * ££ ,,:~*†*###
####*†*~:, ,:~*†*####
###*†*~:,, WE DONT KNOW MUCH ABOUT HOW HE TRAVELED ,,:~*†*###
##*†*~:,,, OR WHERE, BUT EVENTUALLY HE ENDED UP ON ,,,:~*†*##
#*†*~:,,,, EARTH IN THE FIFTIES. ,,,,:~*†*#
*†*~:,,,,, UPON FINDING OUT THAT EARTH HOLDS NO ,,,,,:~*†*
†*~:,,,,,, EDIBLE LIZARDS, HE SETTLED FOR COW MEAT ,,,,,,:~*†
*~:,,,,,,, INSTEAD, AND TO HIS JOY, THE EARTH FOLK ,,,,,,,:~*
~:,,,,,,,, LIKED IT! ,,,,,,,,:~
:,,,,,,,,, ,,,,,,,,,:
~:,,,,,,,, THEN HE GOT SCAMMED OUT OF THE CART BY ,,,,,,,,:~
*~:,,,,,,, A MAN NAMED MICKEY MAC DONALDS, WHO ,,,,,,,:~*
†*~:,,,,,, RENAMED THE BUSINESS AFTER HIMSELF. ,,,,,,:~*†
*†*~:,,,,, WHILE NICHOLAS QUICKLY PERISHED, MICKEY ,,,,,:~*†*
#*†*~:,,,, FUNNELED HIS INHERITED BILLIONS INTO ,,,,:~*†*#
##*†*~:,,, THE PROJECT, AND QUICKLY EXPANDED ALL ,,,:~*†*##
###*†*~:,, OVER THE PLANET. ,,:~*†*###
####*†*~:, ,:~*†*####
###*†*~:,, £ * £ ,,:~*†*###
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#*†*~:,,,, AND THE REST IS HISTORY! ,,,,:~*†*#
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