Gravity Heroes

Chapter 41

McGucket Mansion

The rest of the day went as one would expect for a Thanksgiving Day in Gravity Falls. There were three turkeys in one of the stoves, while the other stove held a green bean casserole, scalloped potatoes, a tortilla casserole, and a sweet potato casserole. On the stove top there was a big pot of corn on the cob and water boiling to make stuffing later.

After having spent four days as a recliner, Abuelita had no trouble accepting not only the existence of the Manotaurs, but that one was eating dinner with them. In fact one of the funnest parts of the day was when Abuelita insisted that Testosteraur wear more than his loincloth to dinner, no one really questioned why she had an outfit in his size. It was fun watching him try to put on the cardigan with his one horn.

Fiddleford gave everyone a tour of the remodeled mansion. Abuelita tried to cleaned the vines off of the marble pillars in the foyer until he told her that he had intentionally made them grow as a way to still feel at home. Ford, Dipper, and Francis were fascinated with the lab he had built in the old ballroom. Mabel loved the look of Pacifica's home away from home, the closet was closed to hide the Charger armor from Abuelita. Testosteraur, Stan, Wildbill, Tony, and Adam seemed interested in the old trophy room which McGucket had turned into his TV room, with a seventy inch HD TV. He said it was mostly used when Tate was over. Needless to say it was used for the days football games. The study was now used as an office and library for his patents. When the tour was done Dipper, Melody, Abuelita, and Pacifica all returned to the kitchen to finish up preparations for the feast. Francis, Ford, and Fiddleford retired to the lab until it was time to eat. After getting kicked out of the kitchen for trying to add glitter to the mashed potatoes, Mabel joined the guys in watching the football games.

When it was time to eat Adam was selected to carve the turkey at the table. The rest of the food (including the other turkeys, which was already deboned) was served buffet style on a separate table. The dessert was on yet another table and included pumpkin pie, sweet potato pie, sugar cream pie, fruit salad, and for Mabel a funfetti cake with vanilla frost covered in edible glitter. There was a solemn toast for those who were no longer among them. At one point there seemed to be a contest going on between Soos and Testosteraur over who could eat more, which Soos barely lost.

Corduroy house

The Corduroy's Thanksgiving was a simple affair with Manly Dan deep frying the turkey while Wendy made mash potatoes, beans, and stuffing. Mayor Tyler brought two pumpkin pies and Hawaiian sweet rolls. There was also a few bags of chips and pretzels to snack on while the boys were in watching the football games. Wendy had hid one bag of chips in her room for later. The food was served on the table but everyone but Wendy ate in the living room as they were glued to the TV. It was yet another day that Wendy missed her mother, she would have been able to keep her dad at the table and he would have kept the boys there also. At least they had said the blessing around the table before everyone had abandoned it for the boob tube.

Smark house

Ever since Lee's parents had learned that Nate was going to just eat a TV dinner the first year after his parents had moved to Florida, they had insisted that he was to come to their house for Thanksgiving. His curry potatoes were a hit and now he brings them and crab meat deviled eggs every year. As one of the only families to know he lived alone, he has become an unofficial member of the family.

Thompson residence

Thompson's parents were surprised when he had told them that he invited Alexa to dinner, but was joyful when she accepted. Over the dinner they found out she was a third generation American of Russian descent and her family really wasn't to big on large gatherings for the holiday. They talked about how, like Thompson, she was planning on taking online college courses in business management. By the end of the night his mother had pulled him aside and told him to not screw this relationship up.