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*~-....... .. -- ~~ THE GOLDEN ~~ -- .. .......-~*
^*~-...... #@@&%^ M ^%&@@# ......-~*^
%^*~-..... .....-~*^%
&%^*~-.... LETS HEAR IT FOR ....-~*^%&
@&%^*~-... *** MC DONALDS *** ...-~*^%&@
@@&%^*~-.. ..-~*^%&@@
#@@&%^*~-. WHAT CAN I DO YA FOR .-~*^%&@@#
##@@&%^*~- -~*^%&@@##
#@@&%^*~-. - 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. ......-~*^
*~-....... .......-~*
~-........ 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. ......-~*^
*~-....... .......-~*
~-........ &&& * &&& ........-~
-......... .........-
.......... 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. .........-
.......... ..........
-......... & * & .........-
~-........ ........-~
*~-....... AND THE REST IS HISTORY! .......-~*
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