[1989: pp. 54–58]
[2003: pp. 58–62]
7. THANKSGIVING
- Area: 8,719 m² (about 5.41 mi²)
- Pop.: 57
- Avg. Temp.: 18℃ (64.4℉)
- Main Industries: Manufacturing & Commerce
[Photo: Gwynn Wilson Student Union Building, University of Southern California. A woman stands off to the side in the foreground, speaking to someone off-camera. Caption below:]▲If you feel slightly dusty when you enter town, that might be because it's surrounded on three sides by rocky mountains.
[Jump links coming soon.]
Thanksgiving Town
Big Ben Casey's Hospital
Thanksgiving Map
Tinkle Elementary School
The Townsfolk
4-Koma (2) by Sensha Yoshida
EVENT CHECK POINT
Thanksgiving Town
A peaceful, prosperous town with
its own set of city cares
With two factories large and small on the outskirts, this is the town whose commerce and industry are the most thriving in the area.
It's impossible to talk about the town history without the name of Goldrich Duncan coming up. Mr. Duncan, who according to one theory struck oil to the south, fixed his sights on a good railside spot, and in the mid-1950s relocated to Thanksgiving.
From that day on, beginning with the construction of two successive factories to the north and south of town, his abundant monetary muscles were a huge help in the development of town centered around Main Street, for instance upgrading the medical and educational facilities. At the same time these things caused a complete change to the face of Thanksgiving, where before it had been no more than a small country town. With this bustling burg bearing the alternate name of Duncan's Town, it'd be no stretch to say that for many long years, Mr. Duncan has had more influence than the mayor himself.
However, most recently, the voice of opposition has risen from the townsfolk against his plans to construct a strip theater. It looks like even Mr. Duncan's power is beginning to waver a bit as he gets older.
So how do you feel about the construction of a strip theater? Yea or nay?
[Photo: A parade (Macy's Day, perhaps). The focus is on three women in bee costumes.]
▲The Thanksgiving Festival. They celebrate by eating turkey.
Big Ben Casey's Hospital
With profit his priority, his reputation
isn't that great. ...
There's a sign here that says: "Cheap, Fast and Handsome! When You Need a Doctor, BIG BEN CASEY is the Only Way to Go!" However, with his bulbous, bespectacled nose, we'll leave it up to you to decide whether or not Ben Casey is handsome; as for the "cheap and fast" part, well, he's not exactly lying. He always bills the patient half of the money they have on them for treatment. That means if you don't have a dime on you, he'll cure your illness for free. And treatment takes only an instant of your time.
If you refuse to pay, he'll spit, "Go ahead and die then. I'll call the mortician". But since he charges an arm and a leg for the rich, and makes things cheap for the poor, perhaps you could say he's actually more stellar at his practice than his language would suggest.
[Photo: A doctor demonstrating, for two interns, an exam on a volunteer patient.]▲Beware: there's a cold going around.
---------------------------------------------------------------■ Hamburger ShopOrange Juice: $5.00French Fries: $15.00Hamburger: $25.00■ HotelAccommodation Expenses (Per Person): $65.00■ HospitalExamination (Cold): $Half On HandTreatment (Unconscious): $190.00---------------------------------------------------------------
---------- Dept. Store Shopping List ----------
ITEM PRICES
5F Variety Goods Shop
Ruler: $22.00
Telephone Card: $50.00
Stun Gun: $300.00
Rope: $600.00
4F Food Court
Orange Juice: $5.00
Bread: $30.00
Sports Drink: $75.00
3F Sporting Goods Store
Ordinary Bat: $500.00
Good Bat: $1,000.00
Boomerang: $1,100.00
2F Drugstore
Antidote: $20.00
Asthma Spray: $148.00
Ointment: $194.00
Bug Spray: $300.00
1F Customer Service-------------------------------------------------------------
THANKSGIVING MAP[Names not featured in game are in bold.]Santa Claus StationTo EasterTo Duncan's FactoryPilgrim's Rock [The mountains northwest of town.]To Mother's DayHamburger ShopBig Ben Casey's HospitalDept. StoreHotelThanksgiving Main StreetTinkle Elementary SchoolTo ReindeerTo Sweet Little Factory
[Photo: Exterior, front: Irvington Elementary School in Portland, Oregon.¹]▲A beautiful schoolhouse surrounded by green. As you might expect, even here you'll find bullies and the bullied.
Tinkle Elementary School
No. of classrooms: 12; no. of students: 20;
4 teachers; 1 janitor
The building at the southern tip end of town, with an elegant entwinement of ivy, is Tinkle Elementary School. This school, where nearly all the resident Thanksgiving kids go, used to boast a high quality of both minors and their education, but they say with the recent urban developments, problems with bullying and delinquency are starting to emerge.
Some parents and guardians are concerned on this matter, and are apparently quite on board with, and stand at the forefront of, the lobby against the construction of the strip theater (which we've already touched upon), saying it's a slippery slope with the potential to corrupt the young students' public morals. But considering the fact that our aforementioned Mr. Duncan, the one pushing the construction forward, happens to be an honorary trustee of the Town Educational Committee, you could say it's turned into a big complicated mess resolving the issue.
Incidentally, if you visit this school, there's a sound you won't want to miss: the beautiful chime that rings through the halls during lesson breaks. This bell was sent over from the neighboring town of Mother's Day as a memento when the school was founded. With a turkey engraved on it in tribute to the town name, it's a rare gift whose clear tones are pleasing even to a traveler's ears.
And by the way, this elementary school, which was named Thanksgiving Elementary as first conceived, shortly thereafter took on the pet name of Tinkle (the ringing of bells) Elementary, and this of course was thanks to its bell.
■ The Classrooms
The inside of the school is separated into classrooms for the lower school grades on the first floor, and those for the higher grades on the second. Plus a library and a music room.
Walking around inside the schoolhouse, you'll be asked: "Are you a student here?" and have your belongings searched, but since the checks they do on outsiders aren't all that strict, go ahead and stop in on each and every classroom and greet the kids directly. Go on! If you take the initiative yourself, they'll all be open with you.
[Photo: A large group of children walking on a green hill, with a blue sky above. The kids in the foreground are smiling and waving at the camera.]
▲The wider nation only wishes it had land like this.
[Photo: Kids in a classroom, their desks arranged as if in open discussion about something.]
▲A classroom with an air of freedom. But can you carry numbers in subtraction?
■ The Janitor's Room
When visiting Tinkle Elementary, we recommend going all the way up to the rooftop while you're here. Of course, the roof is usually locked, so you'll need the janitor to unlock it for you. So pay the janitor's room on the first floor a visit.
But since this guy's in a position where the key is, however temporarily, entrusted to him, he won't open it to a traveler at the drop of a hat. Be genial toward him and put up for a moment here with an earful of brags and grumblings about his wife, the former Miss Middle of Nowhere. If you have a successful exchange with him, the man will generously show you to the rooftop.
[Photo: A smiling beauty queen, with a sash saying "Okla. International"]▲Miss Middle of Nowhere in her hour of triumph.
■ The Science Lab
This lab is another room in the elementary school we'd like you to visit. There's a pale and slightly weird science teacher here by the name of Wimstein, who sells his inventions on the sly to visitors. The "Rocket (the Real Thing)", for one, is extremely tempting, except one drawback is all his wares have exorbitant prices that would make any traveler balk.
Of course, it might be amusing, for those with money to throw around, to give an item they're curious about a try. There might be something in there that would prove surprisingly useful. ...
However, we the writers of this book state our hesitation to guarantee any degree of effectiveness.
-------------Goods List----------------The Ultimate Weapon: $1,048.00Time Machine: $2,775.00Sticky Machine: $3,200.00Rocket (the Real Thing): $3,485.00----------------------------------------------
[Photo: A room full of high-tech equipment.]▲According to the science teacher, "Necessity is the MOTHER of Invention."
■ The Rooftop
The view from up here is the best and most breathtaking in all of Thanksgiving. You can look upon the town in one sweep of the eye, and get a far-off yonder glimpse of Holy Loly Mountain rising strong. Of course, there is the rotten fact that for several months, the summit has been hidden in black cloud.
The Townsfolk
The town's also known for its family-oriented residents
There are times when you'll be moseying around town and get asked to take a survey. This is something that gets carried out by the town administration whenever it feels it needs to make use of the uncensored voice of the people, so traveler though you are, be pleasant about it and offer your cooperation (as a reward, you'll get a Telephone Card with Mr. Duncan's portrait on it). Since this town is happily free of incident so far, you'll want to give the people easygoing greetings and savor their peaceful way of life.
- K. Arthur
[Photo: 1978 Ford F-150 with a pair of antlers attached to the grill.]▲If this town has a flaw, it's that they don't enforce car exhaust regulations as hard.
[4-Koma:]
BOULDER
BOULDER
Sensha Yoshida
1)
Lloyd: "Let's use the big missile they've got at Duncan's Factory and get this boulder out of the way!"
2)
[Ninten picks up the boulder with his bare hands and removes it.]
1)
Lloyd: "Let's use the big missile they've got at Duncan's Factory and get this boulder out of the way!"
2)
[Ninten picks up the boulder with his bare hands and removes it.]
SFX: Yoink!
Lloyd: "Aah!"
3)
[The tracks are cleared.]
4)
Lloyd: [Shaking and crying] "...You're better off without me, aren't you...?"
EVENT CHECK POINT
In Thanksgiving, making Lloyd your companion and destroying the large boulders atop the railroad tracks will be the two big events.
Since you need Lloyd to blow up the boulders, the efficient route is to first have him join you, then go to Duncan's Factory. Before the factory it's a good idea to straighten out Lloyd's equipment in Magicant.
Area's Main Enemies:
Middle-Aged Lady, Death Truck, Scrapper, etc.
❏ Did you get the Pencil Rocket?
❏ Did you get Lloyd to join you?
❏ Did you destroy the big boulders on the train tracks?
The Track-Blocking Boulders
[Screenshot: Ninten stands at the boulder blockage.]
Destroying these boulders will result in being able to take the train.
Your playing field will broaden greatly.
Meeting Lloyd
[Screenshot dialogue box:]Then do you promise not totell that I took explosivesfrom the science lab?▶YES NO
Your first friend, Lloyd, is on the rooftop of the school. Without his help, you can't destroy the boulders.
The Sequence for Getting Lloyd
[Screenshot dialogue box:]I heard they make PencilRockets at the Sweet LittleFactory south of here...I wanna launch one reallybad!
On the second floor of the school, you'll receive news that Lloyd ran away to the rooftop. After that, head for the janitor's room. Here, humor the janitor and get him to unlock the roof for you.
When you meet Lloyd on the roof, he should tell you he wants to launch a Pencil Rocket. In that case, head for Sweet Little Factory and get your hands on one. Hand it over to Lloyd and he'll join you.
¹ Thanks to Biozilla for identifying this photo.
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