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#...#..#.. WHAT CAN I DO YA FOR ....#.##..
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##..#...#. . DOUBLE CHEESEBURGER . .#......#.
###..#...# . FRIES . ..#.......
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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. ...###....
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...###.... 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. ..#..#..#.
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..#.##..#. 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. ##..#...#.
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#..#..#... 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). .#......#.
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#.##..#... ANGRY AT EVERYONE FOR NOT UNDERSTANDING ...#......
..###..#.. HIS FOOD, HE VOWED TO LEAVE ....#.....
..#.##..#. KIRUGU VARGIR ENTIERLY. .....#....
....###..# #.....#...
....#.##.. WHICH HE DID. .#.....#..
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.#......#. 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. #..#.##...
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