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##@¤*%*«,¨ ¨¨ ,, «« THE GOLDEN «« ,, ¨¨ ¨,«*%*¤@##
##@¤*%*«,¨ ##@¤*% M %*¤@## ¨,«*%*¤@##
##@¤*%*«,¨ ¨,«*%*¤@##
##@¤*%*«,¨ LETS HEAR IT FOR ¨,«*%*¤@##
##@¤*%*«,¨ *** MC DONALDS *** ¨,«*%*¤@##
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#@¤¤*%*«,¨ WHAT CAN I DO YA FOR ¨,«*%*¤¤@#
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@@¤**,¨¨¨¨ , CHEESEBURGER , ¨¨¨¨,**¤@@
##@¤*%*«,¨ , NUGGETS , ¨,«*%*¤@##
##@¤*%*«,¨ , DOUBLE CHEESEBURGER , ¨,«*%*¤@##
##@¤*%*«,¨ , FRIES , ¨,«*%*¤@##
##@¤*%*«,¨ , CARBONATED WATER , ¨,«*%*¤@##
##@¤*%*«,¨ , BEARNAISE DIP SAUCE , ¨,«*%*¤@##
##@¤*%*«,¨ , BIG MAC , ¨,«*%*¤@##
#@**%«,,¨¨ , COFFEE , ¨¨,,«%**@#
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##@¤*%*«,¨ ¤¤¤¤¤ * ¤¤¤¤¤ ¨,«*%*¤@##
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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. ¨,«*%%%*¤¤
#@@¤*%*«,¨ ¨,«*%*¤@@#
##@¤*%*«,¨ 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. ¨,«*%*¤@##
##@¤*%*«,¨ ¨,«*%*¤@##
##@¤*%*«,¨ ¤¤¤ * ¤¤¤ ¨,«*%*¤@##
###¤*%*«,¨ ¨,«*%*¤###
##@¤*%*«,¨ 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. ¨,««****@@
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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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#¤%%%*,¨¨¨ ¤ * ¤ ¨¨¨,*%%%¤#
##@¤*%*«,¨ ¨,«*%*¤@##
#@*%*,¨¨¨¨ AND THE REST IS HISTORY! ¨¨¨¨,*%*@#
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