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¨¨¨¨¨:»=*% ###@%* 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 VOWED 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! *=»:¨¨¨¨¨¨
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