......&..& .&&&&.&... .....&&.&& &...&&&... ....&.&&.& &..&..&... ...&&&.&&& &.&&.&&... ..&..&&... &&.&&.&... .&&.&.&... .. ^^ -- 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 WOVED 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! ...&...... &.&.&..&.. ..&&.....& &&&&&.&&.& .&.&....&. ....&&.&&& &&&&...&&& ...&.&&..& ...&..&..& ..&&&.&.&. ..&&.&&.&&