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....~~=%%¤ .. ~~ ~~ THE GOLDEN ~~ ~~ .. ¤%%=~~....
...~~=%%¤@ ##@¤%% M %%¤@## @¤%%=~~...
..~~=%%¤@# #@¤%%=~~..
.~~=%%¤@## 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. @¤%%=~~...
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.....~~=%% 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. ¤%%=~~....
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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). #@¤%%=~~..
.~~=%%¤@## ##@¤%%=~~.
..~~=%%¤@# 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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........~~ ¤¤ = ¤¤ ~~........
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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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