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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 :                #§$*†~:...
....:~†*$§                                          §$*†~:....
.....:~†*$               §§§§§ † §§§§§              $*†~:.....
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.....:~†*$ 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. @#§$*†~:..
...:~†*$§#                                          #§$*†~:...
....:~†*$§         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.          §$*†~:....
.....:~†*$                                          $*†~:.....
......:~†*               WHICH HE DID.              *†~:......
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....:~†*$§                 §§ † §§                  §$*†~:....
...:~†*$§#                                          #§$*†~:...
..:~†*$§#@ 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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