%*=~,¨¨¨¨¨ ¨¨¨¨¨,~=*%
§%*=~,¨¨¨¨ ¨¨¨¨,~=*%§
@§%*=~,¨¨¨ ¨¨¨,~=*%§@
#@§%*=~,¨¨ ¨¨,~=*%§@#
##@§%*=~,¨ ¨,~=*%§@##
#@§%*=~,¨¨ ¨¨ ,, ~~ 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! ¨¨¨¨¨¨,~=*
=~,¨¨¨¨¨¨¨ ¨¨¨¨¨¨¨,~=
*=~,¨¨¨¨¨¨ ¨¨¨¨¨¨,~=*
%*=~,¨¨¨¨¨ ¨¨¨¨¨,~=*%
§%*=~,¨¨¨¨ ¨¨¨¨,~=*%§
@§%*=~,¨¨¨ ¨¨¨,~=*%§@