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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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.......^-: ¤¤¤¤¤ : ¤¤¤¤¤ :-^.......
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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. @¤*:-^....
...^-:*¤@# #@¤*:-^...
..^-:*¤@## 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. @¤*:-^....
.....^-:*¤ ¤*:-^.....
......^-:* 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! *:-^......
.......^-: :-^.......
........^- 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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