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......^-:% .. ^^ -- THE GOLDEN -- ^^ .. %:-^......
.....^-:%¤ #@¶#¤% M %¤#¶@# ¤%:-^.....
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...^-:%¤¶@ LETS HEAR IT FOR @¶¤%:-^...
..^-:%¤¶@# ::: MC DONALDS ::: #@¶¤%:-^..
.^-:%¤¶@## ##@¶¤%:-^.
..^-:%¤¶@# WHAT CAN I DO YA FOR #@¶¤%:-^..
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....^-:%¤¶ ^ CHEESEBURGER ^ ¶¤%:-^....
.....^-:%¤ ^ NUGGETS ^ ¤%:-^.....
......^-:% ^ DOUBLE CHEESEBURGER ^ %:-^......
.......^-: ^ FRIES ^ :-^.......
........^- ^ CARBONATED WATER ^ -^........
.........^ ^ BEARNAISE DIP SAUCE ^ ^.........
.......... ^ BIG MAC ^ ..........
.........^ ^ COFFEE ^ ^.........
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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. ..........
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........^- 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. ¶¤%:-^....
.....^-:%¤ ¤%:-^.....
......^-:% 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. #@¶¤%:-^..
...^-:%¤¶@ @¶¤%:-^...
....^-:%¤¶ ## : ## ¶¤%:-^....
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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 ##@¶¤%:-^.
..^-:%¤¶@# OVER THE PLANET. #@¶¤%:-^..
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......^-:% AND THE REST IS HISTORY! %:-^......
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