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@¶¶@¤$;»-¨ LETS HEAR IT FOR ¨-»;$¤@¶¶@
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@¶¶@¤$;»-¨ - DOUBLE CHEESEBURGER - ¨-»;$¤@¶¶@
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#@¶@¤$;»-¨ - CARBONATED WATER - ¨-»;$¤@¶@#
@¶¶@¤$;»-¨ - BEARNAISE DIP SAUCE - ¨-»;$¤@¶¶@
#@¶@¤$;»-¨ - BIG MAC - ¨-»;$¤@¶@#
#@¶@¤$;»-¨ - COFFEE - ¨-»;$¤@¶@#
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#@¶@¤$;»-¨ IT ALL BEGAN A THOUSAND YEARS AGO IN ¨-»;$¤@¶@#
#@¶@¤$;»-¨ LIKE THE EIGHTEENTH CENTURY. A DARK ¨-»;$¤@¶@#
@@@@¤$;»-¨ FIGURE EMERGED FROM A TAVERN AFTER A ¨-»;$¤@@@@
@$$»--¨¨¨¨ FEW YEARS APPRENTICESHIP, WITH AN IDEA. ¨¨¨¨--»$$@
@@¶@¤$;»-¨ IT WAS ILLEGAL TO SELL FOOD IN THE ¨-»;$¤@¶@@
@@$$$$;»-¨ REGION FOR EVERYBODY EXCEPT THAT TAVERN. ¨-»;$$$$@@
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#@¶@¤$;»-¨ BUT MARIGOLD DIDN'T CARE. ¨-»;$¤@¶@#
#@¶@¤$;»-¨ ¨-»;$¤@¶@#
@$;-¨¨¨¨¨¨ SHE BEGAN PUTTING DRIED LIZARD MEAT ¨¨¨¨¨¨-;$@
@¶¤$;;»»-¨ BETWEEN TWO BREAD SLICES, OPERATING OUT ¨-»»;;$¤¶@
@@$$;»-¨¨¨ OF A CART, NOT STAYING IN THE SAME ¨¨¨-»;$$@@
##¶@¤$;»-¨ PLACE LONG. IN THE DAY SHE SLEPT, IN ¨-»;$¤@¶##
#@¶@¤$;»-¨ THE EVE SHE SOLD HER WARES, AND IN THE ¨-»;$¤@¶@#
#@¶@¤$;»-¨ NIGHT SHE POACHED. ¨-»;$¤@¶@#
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@¶¤;---¨¨¨ AFTER A FEW YEARS, MARIGOLDS FOOD CART ¨¨¨---;¤¶@
¶@¤$;;-¨¨¨ HAD A REPUTATION. SHE CALLED IT ¨¨¨-;;$¤@¶
¶@¤$;--¨¨¨ -¨ THE GOLDEN M ¨- ¨¨¨--;$¤@¶
#@¶@¤$;»-¨ AND PEOPLE TALKED ABOUT THE GOLDEN M. ¨-»;$¤@¶@#
##@¶@¤$;-¨ THE OLD TAVERN HAD THEIR MONOPOLY AND ¨-;$¤@¶@##
#@¶@¤$;»-¨ DIDN'T CHANGE THEIR MENU MUCH. ¨-»;$¤@¶@#
@¶¤¤;-¨¨¨¨ MARIGOLDS SECRET LIZARD FOODCART WAS ¨¨¨¨-;¤¤¶@
@$;--¨¨¨¨¨ NEW AND FRESH. ¨¨¨¨¨--;$@
@@¤¤;-¨¨¨¨ ¨¨¨¨-;¤¤@@
@@¤;»»¨¨¨¨ HOWEVER, SHE BECAME A LITTLE TOO WELL ¨¨¨¨»»;¤@@
#@¶@¤$;»-¨ KNOWN. THE TAVERNS MEN HOT ON HER ¨-»;$¤@¶@#
#@¶@¤$;»-¨ TRAIL, SHE COULD STAY A SHORTER AND ¨-»;$¤@¶@#
#@¶@¤$;»-¨ SHORTER TIME IN EACH LOCATION. SHE FELT ¨-»;$¤@¶@#
##¶@¤$;»-¨ HUNTED. AND SOON ENOUGH THERE CAME A ¨-»;$¤@¶##
#@¶@¤$;»-¨ TIME WHEN THEY STARTED WATCHING FOR HER ¨-»;$¤@¶@#
#@¶@¤$;»-¨ AT THE GATES OF EVERY VILLAGE. ¨-»;$¤@¶@#
¶@@@¤$;»-¨ ¨-»;$¤@@@¶
¶¶@$;-¨¨¨¨ SO SHE HID THE CART, AND DISAPPEARED, ¨¨¨¨-;$@¶¶
@@$$$$;»-¨ FOREVER. ¨-»;$$$$@@
#@¶@¤$;»-¨ ¨-»;$¤@¶@#
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#@¶@¤$;»-¨ AFTER THIRTY YEARS, A MAN NAMED ¨-»;$¤@¶@#
@¤$»-¨¨¨¨¨ NICHOLAS FOUND THE CART. HE WAS A ¨¨¨¨¨-»$¤@
¶@@¤$»-¨¨¨ CURSED ENTREPRENEUR (THEY ALL ARE ¨¨¨-»$¤@@¶
@@¶@¤$;»-¨ (CURSED, I MEAN)) AND AS SUCH HE OF ¨-»;$¤@¶@@
@¶¶@¤$;»-¨ COURSE THOUGHT IT A GOOD IDEA TO FOLLOW ¨-»;$¤@¶¶@
##@¶@¤$;»- IN MARIGOLDS FOODSTEPS. -»;$¤@¶@##
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#@¶@¤$;»-¨ HE WASN'T ALL THAT OF A COOK, AND EVEN ¨-»;$¤@¶@#
#@¶@¤$;»-¨ THOUGH SOME RECOGNIZED THE GOLDEN M, HE ¨-»;$¤@¶@#
¶¤¤$$;;»-¨ 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 ¨-»»»;$$@@
#@¶@¤$;»-¨ (AND ALSO THEY HAD EXPANDED TOO ¨-»;$¤@¶@#
¶¶¤$;-¨¨¨¨ QUICKLY, SUCCUMBED TO CORRUPTION, AND ¨¨¨¨-;$¤¶¶
@¶¶@¤$;»-¨ WAS IN THE PROCESS OF FALLING APART). ¨-»;$¤@¶¶@
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#@¶@¤$;»-¨ ANGRY AT EVERYONE FOR NOT UNDERSTANDING ¨-»;$¤@¶@#
#@¶@¤$;»-¨ HIS FOOD, HE VOWED TO LEAVE ¨-»;$¤@¶@#
#@¶@¤$;»-¨ KIRUGU VARGIR ENTIERLY. ¨-»;$¤@¶@#
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@@¶@¤$;»-¨ WHICH HE DID. ¨-»;$¤@¶@@
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#@¶@¤$;»-¨ WE DONT KNOW MUCH ABOUT HOW HE TRAVELED ¨-»;$¤@¶@#
@@¶@¤$;»-¨ OR WHERE, BUT EVENTUALLY HE ENDED UP ON ¨-»;$¤@¶@@
¶@$$;»--¨¨ 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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