..«†^%## ###&%^†«..
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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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..«†^^^^ #&^^^^†«..