Yes, I know that this chapter is about Thanksgiving and it's being put up in December. I got really lazy to type this up by Thanksgiving. I'll try to get the Christmas one up in time. Good thing about this chapter is that it's longer than the rest of the other ones.
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Disclaimer Time!
This chapter's lucky disclaimer guest is…a turkey!
Turkey: Gobble
Lilly: How do you expect a turkey to say a disclaimer?
Me: Translate the turkey talk. Duh!
Lilly: But a turkey is stupid. I mean if it looks up into the rain with its mouth open it will drown! (true fact)
Turkey: Gobble Gob Gob ble ble ble Gobbbbbbbllee (Eastercat doesn't own anything that is related to Tales of Symphonia)
Me: Haha, Lilly. In YO FACE : P
Lilly: Am I the only sane one here?
A month passed in to November. The leaves became yellow, red and brown. The weather became cooler. In the classroom, everyone was doing math problems (Genis was helping Lloyd) when Raine did an announcement. "Ok, class, Thanksgiving is near and I decided that we should have a pot luck."
All the kids cheered, except Lloyd, who had no idea what Thanksgiving was. He raised his hand. "Professor Raine? What's Thanksgiving?"
All the kids gasped in surprise. "You don't know Thanksgiving?"
Lloyd sunk into his chair. Raine explained, "Thanksgiving is a day to give thanks and appreciate what you have. Like, for example, the Goddess Martel. A lot of people are thankful for her. How we celebrate Thanksgiving is to have a feast and eat together with family and friends."
Lloyd thought, 'Yeah, like Jake is a friend.'
"That sounds fun!"
After school, Colette asked Lloyd, "I'm going to bring fried rice. What are you going to bring to the pot luck?"
"I'm going to ask my dad to see what I can bring."
Back at home…"Dad? Do you know what I can bring for the pot luck at school?"
Dirk's voice came from his workshop. "Sorry. Lloyd, I just got a huge order. Ask me again when I'm done."
'Okay this is so great.' Lloyd thought sarcastically.
He went outside and went to Noishe's pen. "Hey, Noishe, do you know what I could bring to the pot luck?"
Noishe replied with a whine. Lloyd thought for a moment. "Let's go into the forest to figure it out."
Lloyd and Noishe (Lloyd had to comfort him countless times) walked in the Iselia forest. Suddenly, something landed on top of Lloyd's head. "AAHHH! Get it off! Get it off!" Lloyd screamed as he ran in circles.
It was cowardly Noishe to the rescue! He swatted the thing off of Lloyd's head. Lloyd stopped running and sighed in relief. He looked around to see a turkey. Lloyd couldn't believe it. "I got terrified because of a stupid turkey?"
He threw a rock at the fat bird in anger. The bird gobbled and ran away. Lloyd sighed, "Ok, now to think of something to bring to the pot luck."
Noishe suddenly started to whine. Lloyd asked, "What is it, Noishe?"
He turned around to see over a hundred turkeys in front of them. The original turkey got some help for its revenge. "AAHHH!" Lloyd yelled as he hopped on Noishe. "Let's get outta here!"
Noishe ran, but the turkeys chased them, like an angry mob. This was one of the weirdest days of Lloyd's life.
Noishe ran and ran and the turkeys still chased them. Suddenly, a flock of turkeys appeared in front of Noishe and Lloyd. Noishe skidded to a stop and went left. More turkeys! Noishe turned around to run again, but more turkeys! Lloyd looked all around them. Turkeys everywhere! They couldn't move as the turkeys slowly closed in. Lloyd thought, 'What can we do to get out of this?'
He saw a long stick on the ground. Then by instinct, he grabbed it and pulled Noishe. Noishe reared up like a steed with his gleaming knight on his back. Lloyd commanded, "Go Noishe! Run like the wind!"
Noishe howled and then ran through the sea of turkeys. As the turkeys jumped up to attack Lloyd slashed at them with his stick, keeping him and Noishe unharmed. Soon there was a view of the house between the trees. Noishe stopped next to the house and Lloyd hopped off and opened the door. They scrambled through as the swarm of turkeys appeared. Lloyd quickly shut the door as the turkeys slammed on to the house. Lloyd held the door while the turkeys pounded against it. Dirk came out of his workshop. "Ok Lloyd, I'm done. Now what was it that you wanted to ask?"
"Dad!" Lloyd exclaimed. "It's not a good time to ask right now!"
"Why not and why are you holding the door shut?"
"Look through the window!"
Dirk jumped at the sight of the turkeys. "What in the world?"
Lloyd told the whole story about the problem. After the story, Dirk chuckled. "I can't believe it. Don't worry though. I know how to get rid of his turkey problem."
He grabbed an axe in his workshop and charged outside yelling. "Get outta here, you darn turkeys!"
Lloyd didn't want to see the sight out the window. He heard scared gobbles as the turkeys scattered, the swing of an axe, and his dad yelling. After a while, Dirk came back in holding a dead turkey. Lloyd gasped at the sight of the dead turkey. "Did you really...?"
"No. I didn't kill it. This little guy was scared to death." Dirk assured. "Who's ready for some roast turkey tonight?"
Noishe barked with glee.
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During dinner, Lloyd asked Dirk the question about what to bring to the potluck. Dirk replied, "Don't worry Lloyd. You could bring an old dwarven recipe for potlucks. It's called "Dwarven Pot Luck Surprise."
After dinner, they piled some foods and other random items near the stove. A huge pot of boiling water was on the stove. Lloyd thought, 'this is one weird way to cook.'
Dirk explained the directions for Dwarven Potluck Surprise. "First, we turn off the lights. Then we throw random stuff in to the pot."
"That's it?" Lloyd looked confused
"Yup, Ok Noishe, blow out the lamp."
Noishe barked and blew out the candle.
There were noises of random things getting thrown into the pot and laugher, as Lloyd and Dirk would bump into each other blindly. After a few minutes, Dirk lit a candle. "Okay I think we're done."
They lit more candles and looked at what was in the pot. Inside was a weird watery substance that was gray, hiding what else was in the pot.
Lloyd looked confused, "How do we eat that?"
Dirk chuckled. "Dwarven Pot Luck Surprise is not really meant to be eaten, but you never know what you might get. That is the surprise."
"ooooohhh…" Lloyd said as he looked into the pot. He swore that he saw an old boot inside.
Next day at school, he carried the big pot into class. As he put it down many of his classmates peered inside the pot. Sophia had a disgusted face, "What is that?"
"Is that even food!" Jake also had a disgusted face. "It looks like a bunch of cr-"
"Wow!" Colette interrupted the last thing what Jake said. "Is this dwarven food? I wanna try it."
Lloyd blushed. "Yeah it is dwarven food called "Dwarven Pot Luck Surprise"."
Colette filled a bowl with DPLS (Dwarven Pot luck surprise) and was about to take a bite when Lloyd stopped her. "Wait! It's not meant to be eaten. It's meant to give you surprises."
"Oh.." Colette looked into her spoon. "Wow! A figurine of a cute dog. Thank you, Lloyd."
All the other students, curious of what they may find, helped themselves to DPLS.
"Wow! I got a metal sphere."
"I got some pellets!"
"I got a…..old boot?"
For the rest of the party, the class ate (many avoided Raine's Spicy Cake), played games, and said what they were thankful for. "I am thankful for…" Lloyd thought for a minute when it was his turn. "friends like Genis and Colette, and my family, my mom, dad, and Noishe."
Outside the schoolhouse, Noishe howled saying, "Happy Thanksgiving Lloyd!"
Turkey: Gooobble ble
Me: WHAT DID YOU JUST SAY!
Lilly: What did it say?
Me:is angry: It said that Kratos is an idiot:Anger to max: Come here, Mr. Turkey:grabs a rifle:
Turkey: Gobble Gob Gob:Runs away:
Me: That's right, you better be running:Chases Turkey and shooting rifle at the same time:
Lilly: I guess it's roast turkey for tonight. Also, Review please. Did any one but me, notice the ending was "Peanuts" like. you know like, "Happy Thanksgiving Charlie Brown" That's sorta odd.