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###@@$*»:. .. :: »» THE GOLDEN »» :: .. .:»*$@@###
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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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@@@$»»:... IT ALL BEGAN A THOUSAND YEARS AGO IN ...:»»$@@@
##@@$$*»:. LIKE THE EIGHTEENTH CENTURY. A DARK .:»*$$@@##
###@@$$*»: FIGURE EMERGED FROM A TAVERN AFTER A :»*$$@@###
###@@$*»:. FEW YEARS APPRENTICESHIP, WITH AN IDEA. .:»*$@@###
#@$$*»:::. IT WAS ILLEGAL TO SELL FOOD IN THE .:::»*$$@#
@@$*»:.... REGION FOR EVERYBODY EXCEPT THAT TAVERN. ....:»*$@@
@$*:...... ......:*$@
###@$$*»:. BUT MARIGOLD DIDN'T CARE. .:»*$$@###
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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. ...:»»$$@@
@@@$»»:... ...:»»$@@@
@$$$$$*»:. HOWEVER, SHE BECAME A LITTLE TOO WELL .:»*$$$$$@
##@@$$*»:. 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 .....»*$$@
@@$»»::... AT THE GATES OF EVERY VILLAGE. ...::»»$@@
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##@@$$*»:. 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 .:»*$$$@@@
#@@$*:.... QUICKLY, SUCCUMBED TO CORRUPTION, AND ....:*$@@#
@$*::..... WAS IN THE PROCESS OF FALLING APART). .....::*$@
@$$*»»»:.. ..:»»»*$$@
##@@$$*»:. 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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