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#@¶@$$†»~¨ LETS HEAR IT FOR ¨~»†$$@¶@#
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#@¶@$$†»~¨ WHAT CAN I DO YA FOR ¨~»†$$@¶@#
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##@¶$$†»~¨ ~ DOUBLE CHEESEBURGER ~ ¨~»†$$¶@##
#@¶@$$†»~¨ ~ FRIES ~ ¨~»†$$@¶@#
@@$††~¨¨¨¨ ~ CARBONATED WATER ~ ¨¨¨¨~††$@@
##@¶@$†»~¨ ~ BEARNAISE DIP SAUCE ~ ¨~»†$@¶@##
#@¶@$$†»~¨ ~ BIG MAC ~ ¨~»†$$@¶@#
@@@@$$†»~¨ ~ COFFEE ~ ¨~»†$$@@@@
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¶$††~¨¨¨¨¨ IT ALL BEGAN A THOUSAND YEARS AGO IN ¨¨¨¨¨~††$¶
@@¶@$$†»~¨ LIKE THE EIGHTEENTH CENTURY. A DARK ¨~»†$$@¶@@
@@¶@$$†»~¨ FIGURE EMERGED FROM A TAVERN AFTER A ¨~»†$$@¶@@
#@¶@$$†»~¨ FEW YEARS APPRENTICESHIP, WITH AN IDEA. ¨~»†$$@¶@#
##@¶@$†»~¨ IT WAS ILLEGAL TO SELL FOOD IN THE ¨~»†$@¶@##
#@¶@$$†»~¨ REGION FOR EVERYBODY EXCEPT THAT TAVERN. ¨~»†$$@¶@#
#@¶@$$†»~¨ ¨~»†$$@¶@#
##@@$$†»~¨ BUT MARIGOLD DIDN'T CARE. ¨~»†$$@@##
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@¶@@$$†»~¨ SHE BEGAN PUTTING DRIED LIZARD MEAT ¨~»†$$@@¶@
#@¶@$$†»~¨ BETWEEN TWO BREAD SLICES, OPERATING OUT ¨~»†$$@¶@#
##@¶@$†»~¨ OF A CART, NOT STAYING IN THE SAME ¨~»†$@¶@##
#@¶@$$†»~¨ PLACE LONG. IN THE DAY SHE SLEPT, IN ¨~»†$$@¶@#
@@$$††»~¨¨ THE EVE SHE SOLD HER WARES, AND IN THE ¨¨~»††$$@@
@@@$$$†»~¨ NIGHT SHE POACHED. ¨~»†$$$@@@
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@$$†~¨¨¨¨¨ AFTER A FEW YEARS, MARIGOLDS FOOD CART ¨¨¨¨¨~†$$@
#@¶@$$†»~¨ HAD A REPUTATION. SHE CALLED IT ¨~»†$$@¶@#
@$†»»¨¨¨¨¨ ~¨ THE GOLDEN M ¨~ ¨¨¨¨¨»»†$@
##¶@$$†»~¨ AND PEOPLE TALKED ABOUT THE GOLDEN M. ¨~»†$$@¶##
¶$$††»¨¨¨¨ THE OLD TAVERN HAD THEIR MONOPOLY AND ¨¨¨¨»††$$¶
@$»»»¨¨¨¨¨ DIDN'T CHANGE THEIR MENU MUCH. ¨¨¨¨¨»»»$@
#@¶@$$†»~¨ MARIGOLDS SECRET LIZARD FOODCART WAS ¨~»†$$@¶@#
#@¶@$$†»~¨ NEW AND FRESH. ¨~»†$$@¶@#
¶@$$»»»¨¨¨ ¨¨¨»»»$$@¶
¶$†~¨¨¨¨¨¨ HOWEVER, SHE BECAME A LITTLE TOO WELL ¨¨¨¨¨¨~†$¶
@$†~~¨¨¨¨¨ KNOWN. THE TAVERNS MEN HOT ON HER ¨¨¨¨¨~~†$@
@@@@$$†»~¨ TRAIL, SHE COULD STAY A SHORTER AND ¨~»†$$@@@@
@@$»»»~¨¨¨ SHORTER TIME IN EACH LOCATION. SHE FELT ¨¨¨~»»»$@@
¶¶$$††»~¨¨ HUNTED. AND SOON ENOUGH THERE CAME A ¨¨~»††$$¶¶
#@¶@$$†»~¨ TIME WHEN THEY STARTED WATCHING FOR HER ¨~»†$$@¶@#
@¶¶@$$†»~¨ AT THE GATES OF EVERY VILLAGE. ¨~»†$$@¶¶@
##@@$$†»~¨ ¨~»†$$@@##
@$»~~~~¨¨¨ SO SHE HID THE CART, AND DISAPPEARED, ¨¨¨~~~~»$@
@@¶@$$†»~¨ FOREVER. ¨~»†$$@¶@@
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@@$†»~~¨¨¨ AFTER THIRTY YEARS, A MAN NAMED ¨¨¨~~»†$@@
#@¶@$$†»~¨ NICHOLAS FOUND THE CART. HE WAS A ¨~»†$$@¶@#
@@$$$$†»~¨ CURSED ENTREPRENEUR (THEY ALL ARE ¨~»†$$$$@@
@$†»»~~~~¨ (CURSED, I MEAN)) AND AS SUCH HE OF ¨~~~~»»†$@
##@@$$†»~¨ 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 ¨~»†$$@¶@#
@@$»»~¨¨¨¨ KIRUGU VARGIR ENTIERLY. ¨¨¨¨~»»$@@
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##¶@$$†»~¨ WHICH HE DID. ¨~»†$$@¶##
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#@¶@$$†»~¨ 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! ¨~»†$$@¶@@
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¶¶¶@$$†»~¨ 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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