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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. »~........
.......~»* *»~.......
......~»*% 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. *»~.......
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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. #@§£%*»~..
.~»*%£§@## ##@§£%*»~.
..~»*%£§@# 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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..~»*%£§@# §§ * §§ #@§£%*»~..
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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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