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§§=^^^¨¨¨¨ === 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. ¨^~=§%§¶##
###§%§=~^¨ ¨^~=§%§###
§§%§§§=~^¨ 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. ¨¨¨^=§§§¶¶
##¶§%§=~^¨ ¨^~=§%§¶##
##¶§%§=~^¨ SO SHE HID THE CART, AND DISAPPEARED, ¨^~=§%§¶##
¶§§~¨¨¨¨¨¨ FOREVER. ¨¨¨¨¨¨~§§¶
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##¶§%§=~^¨ §§§ = §§§ ¨^~=§%§¶##
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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). ¨^~=§%§¶##
##¶§%§=~^¨ ¨^~=§%§¶##
##¶§%§=~^¨ 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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##¶§%§=~^¨ §§ = §§ ¨^~=§%§¶##
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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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