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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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##@@¤%==^. 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. .....^==%¤
%==^...... ......^==%
¤%==^..... 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). ....^==%¤@
¤%==^..... .....^==%¤
%==^...... ANGRY AT EVERYONE FOR NOT UNDERSTANDING ......^==%
¤%==^..... HIS FOOD, HE VOWED TO LEAVE .....^==%¤
@¤%==^.... KIRUGU VARGIR ENTIERLY. ....^==%¤@
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#@@¤%==^.. 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! ..^==%¤@@#
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