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.@.@@...@@ #@¶@*† M †*@¶@# ..@...@@@.
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@..@.@@... 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. .@.@@...@@
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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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.......... 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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