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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 . .#......##
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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. ###.......
...####..# ##..######
.#..##.... 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. ##########
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########## AND THE REST IS HISTORY! ##########
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