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......-~;= .. -- ~~ THE GOLDEN ~~ -- .. =;~-......
.......-~; #@@@*= M =*@@@# ;~-.......
......-~;= =;~-......
.....-~;=* LETS HEAR IT FOR *=;~-.....
....-~;=*@ ;;; MC DONALDS ;;; @*=;~-....
...-~;=*@@ @@*=;~-...
..-~;=*@@# WHAT CAN I DO YA FOR #@@*=;~-..
.-~;=*@@## ##@@*=;~-.
..-~;=*@@# - 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. =;~-......
.......-~; ;~-.......
......-~;= BUT MARIGOLD DIDN'T CARE. =;~-......
.....-~;=* *=;~-.....
....-~;=*@ 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. @@*=;~-...
..-~;=*@@# #@@*=;~-..
.-~;=*@@## @@@ ; @@@ ##@@*=;~-.
..-~;=*@@# #@@*=;~-..
...-~;=*@@ 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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