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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. ....~$$$##
@@@#%$^~.. ..~^$%#@@@
##@#%$^~.. ## ^ ## ..~^$%#@##
#@@#%$^~.. ..~^$%#@@#
####%$^~.. WE DONT KNOW MUCH ABOUT HOW HE TRAVELED ..~^$%####
##$^...... OR WHERE, BUT EVENTUALLY HE ENDED UP ON ......^$##
#@@#%$^~.. EARTH IN THE FIFTIES. ..~^$%#@@#
@@@#%$^~.. UPON FINDING OUT THAT EARTH HOLDS NO ..~^$%#@@@
@#$$^~~~.. 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. ......~$$#
@#%^^^.... ....^^^%#@
@%^....... # ^ # .......^%@
@@##%$^~.. ..~^$%##@@
##@@#%$~.. AND THE REST IS HISTORY! ..~$%#@@##
#@@#%$^~.. ..~^$%#@@#
@@@#%$^~.. ..~^$%#@@@
#$~....... .......~$#
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#%$$^..... .....^$$%#