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..~-;^#£## 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. #^;-~.....
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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. ###£#^;-~.
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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). ..........
.......... ..........
.........~ 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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