##¶¤*%*=.¨ ¨.=*%*¤¶##
#¶¤*%*=.¨¨ ¨¨.=*%*¤¶#
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#¶¤*%*=.¨¨ ¨¨.=*%*¤¶#
##¶¤*%*=.¨ ¨.=*%*¤¶##
#¶¤*%*=.¨¨ ¨¨ .. == 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! ¨¨.=*%*¤¶#
¶¤*%*=.¨¨¨ ¨¨¨.=*%*¤¶
#¶¤*%*=.¨¨ ¨¨.=*%*¤¶#
##¶¤*%*=.¨ ¨.=*%*¤¶##
#¶¤*%*=.¨¨ ¨¨.=*%*¤¶#
¶¤*%*=.¨¨¨ ¨¨¨.=*%*¤¶