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.......... .. ,, ~~ THE GOLDEN ~~ ,, .. ..........
........., #@¶#$^ M ^$#¶@# ,.........
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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 $^*~,.....
......,~*^ THE EVE SHE SOLD HER WARES, AND IN THE ^*~,......
.......,~* NIGHT SHE POACHED. *~,.......
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........., AFTER A FEW YEARS, MARIGOLDS FOOD CART ,.........
.......... HAD A REPUTATION. SHE CALLED IT ..........
........., ,. THE GOLDEN M ., ,.........
........,~ AND PEOPLE TALKED ABOUT THE GOLDEN M. ~,........
.......,~* THE OLD TAVERN HAD THEIR MONOPOLY AND *~,.......
......,~*^ DIDN'T CHANGE THEIR MENU MUCH. ^*~,......
.....,~*^$ 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 $^*~,.....
......,~*^ AT THE GATES OF EVERY VILLAGE. ^*~,......
.......,~* *~,.......
........,~ SO SHE HID THE CART, AND DISAPPEARED, ~,........
........., FOREVER. ,.........
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........., ### * ### ,.........
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.......,~* AFTER THIRTY YEARS, A MAN NAMED *~,.......
......,~*^ NICHOLAS FOUND THE CART. HE WAS A ^*~,......
.....,~*^$ CURSED ENTREPRENEUR (THEY ALL ARE $^*~,.....
....,~*^$# (CURSED, I MEAN)) AND AS SUCH HE OF #$^*~,....
...,~*^$#¶ COURSE THOUGHT IT A GOOD IDEA TO FOLLOW ¶#$^*~,...
..,~*^$#¶@ IN MARIGOLDS FOODSTEPS. @¶#$^*~,..
.,~*^$#¶@# #@¶#$^*~,.
..,~*^$#¶@ 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. #$^*~,....
...,~*^$#¶ ¶#$^*~,...
..,~*^$#¶@ ## * ## @¶#$^*~,..
.,~*^$#¶@# #@¶#$^*~,.
..,~*^$#¶@ 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 $^*~,.....
....,~*^$# OVER THE PLANET. #$^*~,....
...,~*^$#¶ ¶#$^*~,...
..,~*^$#¶@ # * # @¶#$^*~,..
.,~*^$#¶@# #@¶#$^*~,.
..,~*^$#¶@ AND THE REST IS HISTORY! @¶#$^*~,..
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