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#@%%%%*»:, ,, :: »» THE GOLDEN »» :: ,, ,:»*%%%%@#
###@%%*»:, ###@%% M %%@### ,:»*%%@###
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###@%%*»:, LETS HEAR IT FOR ,:»*%%@###
#@@@%%*»:, *** MC DONALDS *** ,:»*%%@@@#
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@%%%%»:,,, WHAT CAN I DO YA FOR ,,,:»%%%%@
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###@%%*»:, : CHEESEBURGER : ,:»*%%@###
###@%%*»:, : NUGGETS : ,:»*%%@###
@%%**:,,,, : DOUBLE CHEESEBURGER : ,,,,:**%%@
###@%%*»:, : FRIES : ,:»*%%@###
@%%»,,,,,, : CARBONATED WATER : ,,,,,,»%%@
###@%%*»:, : BEARNAISE DIP SAUCE : ,:»*%%@###
@@%»,,,,,, : BIG MAC : ,,,,,,»%@@
#%%%*:,,,, : COFFEE : ,,,,:*%%%#
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#%*»::,,,, 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. ,:»*%%@###
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#@%%%%*»:, 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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###@%%*»:, 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. ,::»**%%@#
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@%%**»,,,, 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). ,:»*%@####
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@%*»»»»,,, ANGRY AT EVERYONE FOR NOT UNDERSTANDING ,,,»»»»*%@
#@%%***»:, HIS FOOD, HE VOWED TO LEAVE ,:»***%%@#
@%%%%%*»:, KIRUGU VARGIR ENTIERLY. ,:»*%%%%%@
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#@%»,,,,,, WHICH HE DID. ,,,,,,»%@#
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#@%*:,,,,, ,,,,,:*%@#
@@%*:,,,,, 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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