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#@#@†^-:.. .. :: -- THE GOLDEN -- :: .. ..:-^†@#@#
##@#@†^-:. #@@#@† M †@#@@# .:-^†@#@##
#@#@†^-:.. ..:-^†@#@#
@#@†^-:... 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 : .......:-^
†^-:...... ......:-^†
@†^-:..... ##### ^ ##### .....:-^†@
#@†^-:.... ....:-^†@#
@#@†^-:... 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. ......:-^†
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#@†^-:.... # ^ # ....:-^†@#
@#@†^-:... ...:-^†@#@
#@#@†^-:.. AND THE REST IS HISTORY! ..:-^†@#@#
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