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&§%**:.... .. :: ~~ THE GOLDEN ~~ :: .. ....:**%§&
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##§%~:.... 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 : .:~*%§&###
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##&%%~~... &&&&& * &&&&& ...~~%%&##
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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. .....:*§&&
###&§%*~:. .:~*%§&###
###&§%*~:. 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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