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@¤//,..... .. ,, ~~ THE GOLDEN ~~ ,, .. .....,//¤@
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@@@§¤§/~,. 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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§§//~~.... 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. .,~/§§§¤¤§
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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. ....,~~§¤@
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#@@§¤§/~,. 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). .,,~//¤¤@@
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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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