Thanksgiving week 2023 focused mainly on the food prep for the feast in the great hall, but there was also another thing that started back during the pandemic. Sometimes, someone is unable to leave their home, or are unable to spend time with friends or family, for one reason or another. That's when Animalia sent out its "delivery service" to bring Thanksgiving dinners to those unfortunate ones, and that alone was one thing to be thankful for.
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The GGAC was one of the groups handling deliveries, but one PR-MD agent stopped Tom and Jerry to let them know about something.
"Topanga's going to be coming in with an uplifted green sea turtle Animalian that was uplifted to deal with a cocaine problem."
"Why?" asked Jerry, a little confused. "What's wrong with him?"
"She got tangled up in a bunch of bags of cocaine, and accidently took a big bite out of one of them." said the agent, emphasizing the 'she'. "Though right now her primary problem is that she doesn't speak much English at all."
"We'll be glad to help with that." asked Tom, without too much hesitation. "I'm pretty sure she'll be thankful to be alive after she learns some more English."
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The majority of the feast was in Animalia's Great Hall, as usual. When people weren't eating large amounts of food, they were talking about various topics.
"So," said Miles, doing an interview with Rox, while still a little nervous around predators, "What are your plans for the future?"
"I'm planning on being a teacher at Animalia School of Modeling." said Rox, rubbing her puppy-filled belly as she enjoyed jellied cranberry sauce with gravy, much to the amusement of watchers. "While most of my old rivals during my show dog days aren't alive anymore, I'm pretty sure I can find some new pups to teach a thing or two there."
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Meanwhile another discussion was happening over Zoom between Heiya Island and Lyre about a future event coming up.
"So, next year is going to be the Year of the Dragon celebration." said Ami, voicing something that had been going on for a while, "What are we going to do for that, since Dragons can't really be made using the Animalia virus?"
"Actually," replied the Horizon Agent, "Thanks to Dino City and the Mesozoic Enclave, this year will be a good year for Dinotopians to compete against each other outside of the IAC."
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Altogether, Thanksgiving 2023 was a general success, even with all the things going on in the wider world. Happy Thanksgiving to all readers, and participants. I couldn't have kept the thread going for so long without your help.