....~~**#¶ ¶#**~~....
.~=**%#### ####%**=~.
...~==**%# #%**==~...
.~=**%#¶## ##¶#%**=~.
.~=**%#¶¶¶ ¶¶¶#%**=~.
.~=**%#¶## .. ~~ == 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! ##%***~...
.~=**%#¶¶¶ ¶¶¶#%**=~.
.~~==***## ##***==~~.
~=**%#¶### ###¶#%**=~
.~=**%#### ####%**=~.
.....~*%¶¶ ¶¶%*~.....