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@§§*/--¨¨¨ ¨¨¨--/*§§@
@@*»-¨¨¨¨¨ ¨¨ -- »» 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 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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