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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 ¨¨¨¨¨««**#
##¶#$*;«,¨ REGION FOR EVERYBODY EXCEPT THAT TAVERN. ¨,«;*$#¶##
#$**;«««,¨ ¨,«««;**$#
#¶$$$*;«,¨ BUT MARIGOLD DIDN'T CARE. ¨,«;*$$$¶#
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##¶#$*;«,¨ SHE BEGAN PUTTING DRIED LIZARD MEAT ¨,«;*$#¶##
#*««¨¨¨¨¨¨ 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. ¨¨¨¨«««**#
##¶#$*;«,¨ THE OLD TAVERN HAD THEIR MONOPOLY AND ¨,«;*$#¶##
¶¶$$**;«,¨ DIDN'T CHANGE THEIR MENU MUCH. ¨,«;**$$¶¶
###¶#$*«,¨ MARIGOLDS SECRET LIZARD FOODCART WAS ¨,«*$#¶###
##$*;««¨¨¨ NEW AND FRESH. ¨¨¨««;*$##
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###¶#$*«,¨ HOWEVER, SHE BECAME A LITTLE TOO WELL ¨,«*$#¶###
##¶#$*;«,¨ KNOWN. THE TAVERNS MEN HOT ON HER ¨,«;*$#¶##
##¶#$*;«,¨ TRAIL, SHE COULD STAY A SHORTER AND ¨,«;*$#¶##
####$*;«,¨ SHORTER TIME IN EACH LOCATION. SHE FELT ¨,«;*$####
###$;;«,,¨ HUNTED. AND SOON ENOUGH THERE CAME A ¨,,«;;$###
#¶¶#$*;«,¨ TIME WHEN THEY STARTED WATCHING FOR HER ¨,«;*$#¶¶#
##¶#$*;«,¨ AT THE GATES OF EVERY VILLAGE. ¨,«;*$#¶##
##¶#$*;«,¨ ¨,«;*$#¶##
###*«,,¨¨¨ 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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##¶#$*;«,¨ ANGRY AT EVERYONE FOR NOT UNDERSTANDING ¨,«;*$#¶##
¶##$$*;«,¨ HIS FOOD, HE VOWED TO LEAVE ¨,«;*$$##¶
###$$*;«,¨ KIRUGU VARGIR ENTIERLY. ¨,«;*$$###
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##¶#$*;«,¨ WHICH HE DID. ¨,«;*$#¶##
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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 ¨,«;;;;**#
##¶#$*;«,¨ EDIBLE LIZARDS, HE SETTLED FOR COW MEAT ¨,«;*$#¶##
##¶#$*;«,¨ INSTEAD, AND TO HIS JOY, THE EARTH FOLK ¨,«;*$#¶##
#$$$;,¨¨¨¨ LIKED IT! ¨¨¨¨,;$$$#
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#¶#$$*;«,¨ THEN HE GOT SCAMMED OUT OF THE CART BY ¨,«;*$$#¶#
¶¶¶#$*;«,¨ A MAN NAMED MICKEY MAC DONALDS, WHO ¨,«;*$#¶¶¶
##¶#$*;«,¨ RENAMED THE BUSINESS AFTER HIMSELF. ¨,«;*$#¶##
##¶#$*;«,¨ WHILE NICHOLAS QUICKLY PERISHED, MICKEY ¨,«;*$#¶##
##¶#$*;«,¨ FUNNELED HIS INHERITED BILLIONS INTO ¨,«;*$#¶##
¶¶¶#$*;«,¨ THE PROJECT, AND QUICKLY EXPANDED ALL ¨,«;*$#¶¶¶
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