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......,~;§ .. ,, ~~ THE GOLDEN ~~ ,, .. §;~,......
.......,~; #@£@%§ M §%@£@# ;~,.......
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.....,~;§% 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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...,~;§%@£ @@@@@ ; @@@@@ £@%§;~,...
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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. £@%§;~,...
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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). §;~,......
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......,~;§ 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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