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#§/.¨¨¨¨¨¨ ¨¨ .. ~~ THE GOLDEN ~~ .. ¨¨ ¨¨¨¨¨¨./§#
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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. ¨.~/=§§###
#§/~..¨¨¨¨ ¨¨¨¨..~/§#
¶¶§=~~...¨ 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. ¨¨¨¨¨../§#
##¶#§=/~.¨ ¨.~/=§#¶##
##§/.¨¨¨¨¨ 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). ¨.~/=§####
¶¶¶#§=/~.¨ ¨.~/=§#¶¶¶
##¶#§=/~.¨ 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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