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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. @@¤^†«:...
..:«†^¤@@# #@@¤^†«:..
.:«†^¤@@## @ † @ ##@@¤^†«:.
..:«†^¤@@# #@@¤^†«:..
...:«†^¤@@ AND THE REST IS HISTORY! @@¤^†«:...
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