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.....~»/§§ ##£@§§ M §§@£## §§/»~.....
....~»/§§£ £§§/»~....
...~»/§§£# LETS HEAR IT FOR #£§§/»~...
..~»/§§£## /// MC DONALDS /// ##£§§/»~..
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..~»/§§£## 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. §/»~......
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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. §§/»~.....
....~»/§§£ £§§/»~....
...~»/§§£# 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. ###£§§/»~.
..~»/§§£## ##£§§/»~..
...~»/§§£# @@@ / @@@ #£§§/»~...
....~»/§§£ £§§/»~....
.....~»/§§ 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). £§§/»~....
.....~»/§§ §§/»~.....
......~»/§ 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! £§§/»~....
.....~»/§§ §§/»~.....
......~»/§ 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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....~»/§§£ @ / @ £§§/»~....
...~»/§§£# #£§§/»~...
..~»/§§£## AND THE REST IS HISTORY! ##£§§/»~..
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