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#¤¤%^^=~.. .. .. ~~ THE GOLDEN ~~ .. .. ..~=^^%¤¤#
##%====~.. ###¤%^ M ^%¤### ..~====%##
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¤¤%^^=.... LETS HEAR IT FOR ....=^^%¤¤
#%^^~..... === MC DONALDS === .....~^^%#
###¤%^=~.. ..~=^%¤###
###¤%^=~.. 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. ......~=%¤
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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. ..~=^%¤###
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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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#%=....... ¤ = ¤ .......=%#
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#¤^^~~~... AND THE REST IS HISTORY! ...~~~^^¤#
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