...:~^§§## ##§§^~:...
....:~^§§# #§§^~:....
.....:~^§§ §§^~:.....
......:~^§ §^~:......
.....:~^§§ §§^~:.....
....:~^§§# .. :: ~~ 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! #§§^~:....
...:~^§§## ##§§^~:...
..:~^§§### ###§§^~:..
.:~^§§#### ####§§^~:.
..:~^§§### ###§§^~:..
...:~^§§## ##§§^~:...