...--==%## ##%==--... .-=^%@##@# #@##@%^=-. .-=^%@###@ @###@%^=-. .-=^%@###@ @###@%^=-. .-=^%@##@@ @@##@%^=-. .....-==%# .. -- == 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! #@##@%^=-. ....=^^@#@ @#@^^=.... .-=^%%%@@# #@@%%%^=-. .-=^%@###@ @###@%^=-. .....--^@# #@^--..... .----=^^@# #@^^=----.