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*†~:¨¨¨¨¨¨ ¨¨ :: ~~ THE GOLDEN ~~ :: ¨¨ ¨¨¨¨¨¨:~†*
†~:¨¨¨¨¨¨¨ ##¶@@* M *@@¶## ¨¨¨¨¨¨¨:~†
*†~:¨¨¨¨¨¨ ¨¨¨¨¨¨:~†*
@*†~:¨¨¨¨¨ LETS HEAR IT FOR ¨¨¨¨¨:~†*@
@@*†~:¨¨¨¨ ††† MC DONALDS ††† ¨¨¨¨:~†*@@
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##@@*†~:¨¨ WHAT CAN I DO YA FOR ¨¨:~†*@@##
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##@@*†~:¨¨ : 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. ¨¨¨:~†*@@#
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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. ¨¨¨¨:~†*@@
#@@*†~:¨¨¨ ¨¨¨:~†*@@#
##@@*†~:¨¨ 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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@@*†~:¨¨¨¨ AND THE REST IS HISTORY! ¨¨¨¨:~†*@@
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