.-=:*$§¶## ##¶§$*:=-.
.-=:*$§¶@@ @@¶§$*:=-.
.-=:***$§¶ ¶§$***:=-.
..--:**§§@ @§§**:--..
....=:***§ §***:=....
.-=:*$§¶¶¶ .. -- == THE GOLDEN == -- .. ¶¶¶§$*:=-.
.....-=:$§ #@¶§$* 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 @¶$$:---..
.-=:**$§¶¶ THE PROJECT, AND QUICKLY EXPANDED ALL ¶¶§$**:=-.
.-=:*$§§§¶ OVER THE PLANET. ¶§§§$*:=-.
.-=:*$$$¶@ @¶$$$*:=-.
....--:$§@ § : § @§$:--....
.-=:*$§¶@# #@¶§$*:=-.
.-=:*$§¶@# AND THE REST IS HISTORY! #@¶§$*:=-.
.-=:*$§¶@# #@¶§$*:=-.
.-=:*$§¶## ##¶§$*:=-.
....-=*§§¶ ¶§§*=-....
.-=:*$§§¶¶ ¶¶§§$*:=-.
......==*§ §*==......