.~~;^¤¤¤¤# #¤¤¤¤^;~~.
.....~^^## ##^^~.....
.~~;^¤#@## ##@#¤^;~~.
.....~;^¤# #¤^;~.....
.......~^# #^~.......
.~~;^¤#### .. ~~ ~~ 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! ##@#¤^;~~.
.......~^# #^~.......
..~~;^¤¤## ##¤¤^;~~..
.~~;^¤#@## ##@#¤^;~~.
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