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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. .^=*§@#¶##
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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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