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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 , .....,,;%@
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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. .,~;%¤@###
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###@¤%;~,. 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. ...~;%%%%@
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#@¤¤;;~,.. 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. .,~;%¤@###
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#@¤%~..... 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. ....,;¤¤##
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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! .,~;%¤@###
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###@¤%;~,. 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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