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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! ¨:::--^¤@#
##@¤%^\-:¨ ¨:-\^%¤@##
###@¤^\-:¨ ¨:-\^¤@###
##@¤%^\-:¨ ¨:-\^%¤@##
##@¤%^\-:¨ ¨:-\^%¤@##
##@¤%^\-:¨ ¨:-\^%¤@##