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#*§*-~,,,, ,, ~~ -- THE GOLDEN -- ~~ ,, ,,,,~-*§*#
*§*-~,,,,, ####*§ M §*#### ,,,,,~-*§*
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##*§*-~,,, LETS HEAR IT FOR ,,,~-*§*##
###*§*-~,, *** MC DONALDS *** ,,~-*§*###
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###*§*-~,, 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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*§*-~,,,,, ##### * ##### ,,,,,~-*§*
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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. ,,,,~-*§*#
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#*§*-~,,,, 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. ,,,,~-*§*#
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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. ,,~-*§*###
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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 ,,,~-*§*##
#*§*-~,,,, OVER THE PLANET. ,,,,~-*§*#
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###*§*-~,, AND THE REST IS HISTORY! ,,~-*§*###
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