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........~; .. ~~ ~~ THE GOLDEN ~~ ~~ .. ;~........
.........~ ###&*% M %*## ~.........
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.......... LETS HEAR IT FOR ..........
.......... ;;; MC DONALDS ;;; ..........
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.......... 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. ;~........
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.......... 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. ~.........
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.......~;% 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). ;~........
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.......... 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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.......... & ; & ..........
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.......... AND THE REST IS HISTORY! ..........
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