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......:*†* .. :: «« 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. *†*:......
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........:* 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. ###@&*†*:.
..:*†*&@## ##@&*†*:..
...:*†*&@# 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! ##@&*†*:..
.:*†*&@### ###@&*†*:.
..:*†*&@## 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! @&*†*:....
...:*†*&@# #@&*†*:...
..:*†*&@## ##@&*†*:..
.:*†*&@### ###@&*†*:.
..:*†*&@## ##@&*†*:..
...:*†*&@# #@&*†*:...