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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! ....~»:**#
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