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#..##....# LETS HEAR IT FOR #####..###
......##.. *** MC DONALDS *** ####....##
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..##..##.. WHAT CAN I DO YA FOR ##......##
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#######..# : NUGGETS : .##......#
######.... : DOUBLE CHEESEBURGER : ....####..
.####..##. : FRIES : .##..##...
..##...... : CARBONATED WATER : ........##
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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. #..#......
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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. ####..##..
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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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