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##@&@%=--. LIKE THE EIGHTEENTH CENTURY. A DARK .--=%@&@##
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###@&@=--. FEW YEARS APPRENTICESHIP, WITH AN IDEA. .--=@&@###
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&@@%===--. REGION FOR EVERYBODY EXCEPT THAT TAVERN. .--===%@@&
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@&@@@%=--. 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 .--=%@&###
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##@&@%=--. 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 .--==%@@@@
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###&@%=--. 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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##@&@%=--. .--=%@&@##
##@&@%=--. WE DONT KNOW MUCH ABOUT HOW HE TRAVELED .--=%@&@##
#@&@@%=--. OR WHERE, BUT EVENTUALLY HE ENDED UP ON .--=%@@&@#
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&%-....... 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. .--=%@&@##
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@@&&@%=--. 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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