[1989: pp. 40–41]
[2003: pp. 44–45]
4. SOUTH CEMETERY
- Area: 3,402 m² (about 2.1 mi²)
- Founded 1864
- Pop.: 1
[Photo: Cemetery, somewhat bleak-looking due to the frost on the ground. Caption below:]▲Stop and stand for a while in a cemetery and you start to take an honest look at yourself, even if you don't know why. Most likely it isn't just because your dearly departed ancestors are watching you.
[Jump links coming soon.]
The Road to South Cemetery
Map to the Cemetery
The Healer's House
The Cemetery Church
South Cemetery Map
The Headstones
The Basement Chamber
EVENT CHECK POINT
The Road to South Cemetery
The heroic and not-so-heroic rest here
Mother's Day's community cemetery, run by the town. More than half of those buried are those lost to war, but among them you'll also find, for instance, gangsters who sacrificed themselves through fidelity to their deceased crime lord.
The shortest route is to head southwest on the road on the east end of Mother's Day. Cross the bridges and walk a bit further, and the surrounding woods will start to grow eerier, a sure sign that the cemetery is nearby. You might say this trail is too good for zombie enthusiasts and horror fans to pass up. Ugh, it's terrifying. ...
[Map showing how to get to the cemetery.]Mother's DayThe Healer's HouseSouth Cemetery
The Healer's House
According to some faiths, those who carry
out medical treatment are called Healers
If you go straight along the path to the cemetery without crossing the bridges, you'll reach a house where a Healer lives. Using methods different from those of modern doctors, he does things like inject people with ki energy and cure petrification. It looks like he charges a fee for treatment.
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Refresh: $18.00
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The Cemetery Church
The brightest thing in the cemetery
is this church's blue roof
He's always throwing the door open to preach a sermon to the zombies, then changing his mind ("nah, I'm sure there's a reason behind their behavior"), closing the door and praying to the Cross. The minister can be found at this church, and this is how he spends every worshipful day. Amen.¹
[Photo: Exterior of the Immaculate Conception Church in Tres Pinos, California.²]▲The minister is all by himself here. ...
SOUTH CEMETERY MAPCemetery ChurchBasement Chamber EntranceSouthwood [The forest in the southwest corner of the cemetery area, outside its walls. An Encyclopedia-exclusive label, just like the Southwood on the Mother's Day map. Probably the entire woods surrounding the South Cemetery are Southwood.]
The Headstones
From the ones meticulously cared for to
the ones that have fallen into disrepair
The day after Pippi went missing, several people from a Mother's Day youth group combed each area around every one of the cemetery's 131 headstones, but couldn't find a single lead. In other words, if you're cooking up your own "Operation Pippi Rescue", you'll probably want to start from someplace other than the headstones.
[Photo: Dry grasslands, seemingly near dusk]▲There's a truly eerie feeling in the air, like something's about to come out.
The Basement Chamber
There are quite a few people who don't
realize this cemetery has a basement
A long time ago, it was made to temporarily enshrine the coffins of unknown soldiers and John Does. These days it isn't used for any such thing, but it would seem that it wasn't closed up, so that it could be used as a shelter in case of emergency. And here, once again, are glad tidings for zombie enthusiasts and horror fans. They say those coffins are still there, left somewhere in the pitch-black basement chamber. ... Now I'll whisper to you where the entrance to that chamber is. It's a square opening made out of stone, and it's found by heading east from the church.
- Matsuo Haizen
EVENT CHECK POINT
Rescuing Pippi from the cemetery's basement chamber is the event you tackle here. Pippi's not very strong, so after saving her you should probably give her a Slingshot.
[Screenshot dialogue box and caption:]You're really brave.I hope we meet againsometime, don't you?Yes No▲It's inside one of the coffins that you'll find Pippi. The other three coffins contain enemies.
[Screenshot dialogue box and caption:]Ninten gave theSlingshot to Pippi.▲The area is swarming with fierce foes. Once you save her, give her a weapon, right then and there.
❏ Did you rescue Pippi?
❏ When you saved her, did you get the Franklin Badge?
Area's Main Enemies:
Pseudo Zombie, Gangster Zombie, etc.
¹ The word "amen" is in the original 1989 edition, but was removed for the 2003 reprint.
² Identified by Biozilla.
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