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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. #@§**^-:..
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....:-^**§ 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. #@§**^-:..
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....:-^**§ 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. §**^-:....
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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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..:-^**§@# §§ ^ §§ #@§**^-:..
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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! #@§**^-:..
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..:-^**§@# 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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..:-^**§@# § ^ § #@§**^-:..
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....:-^**§ AND THE REST IS HISTORY! §**^-:....
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