Halloween 2014

I was a bit disappointed when I saw a new house plot in town today; Amelia will be moving in tomorrow.

This spot reserved for Amelia's new home. -Nook's HomesAmelia is okay, I guess. I’ve had her in ACCF before; I don’t particularly like her, but I don’t particularly dislike her either. And her house is in a decent spot, although it did take out a perfect peach tree.

When I updated my dream town, Luna told me that Rosie from Dawnstar was my most recent dream visitor.

Sometime after 5 p.m. today, I started trapping my outdoor villagers. Here you can see Aurora and Big Top in their new homes.

Aurora and Big Top trapped by holes in the ground.I had some trouble getting Sprinkle into her spot. She got mad after I kept pushing her around, and also, I killed a gold rose while trying to trap her.

Sprinkle: My feelings are, like, super hurt right now! You shouldn't treat me like that, tiger!Near the event plaza, Kidd told me that he’s going to be moving out of town on November 4th. I decided to let him go, even though I like him. He’s been in town since September 9, 2013, so he’s had a nice long run in Forest. It’ll be sad to see him go, but I can’t keep everyone forever.

Kidd: I'm making my big exit on the 4th of next month. At least that's the plan, kiddo.At 6:00, the Halloween festivities began and the animals changed into their costumes. Here are Aurora and Big Top once again, now all dressed up for the occasion:

Aurora and Big Top dressed up in robes and green pumpkin heads.But when I walked over by Re-Tail, Molly was still where I trapped her…but she wasn’t in her costume! This must be a glitch!

Molly looking her normal ducky self.I talked to her, and she had a regular conversation with me–no mention of Halloween or candy or Jack. But after the conversation ended, then she back-flipped into her costume.

Molly wearing a purple pumpkin head.I then began looking for Jack and talking to my trapped villagers. Sometimes I would try for candy, and other times I just wanted some pumpkin heads.

Sprinkle: Hey, let's play a game! If you win, I'll give you a piece of candy! If you lose, you're in for a world of pain!The first time I found Jack, I got a spooky lamp from him.

Jack: Today is the long-awaited Halloween festival, pumpkin!If you scare your villagers with the correct mask on your first attempt, they’ll give you a lollipop instead of regular candy. A lollipop, when given to Jack, guarantees a piece from the creepy furniture set. Otherwise, you may get spooky furniture, which isn’t as rare. Here, you can see me scaring Rolf with my skeleton hood.

Rolf: Pl...plea...PLEASE! I'll give you a treat if you leave me alone!Just for reference, this is a list of what my villagers are scared of. Some of these I knew from last Halloween, and others I learned tonight.

  • Agent S: Bugs
  • Aurora: Ghosts
  • Big Top: Bugs
  • Drago: Bugs
  • Molly: Ghosts
  • Rolf: Skeletons
  • Octavian: Werewolves

Any villagers not mentioned were outside the whole night, so it didn’t matter and I didn’t find out.

I planned on opening my gate for visitors at 8:00. But before I did, I posted a message on the bulletin board. I was placing my items by Re-Tail and I allowed my visitors to trade their duplicates for items they needed. Hopefully it would help them complete their sets quicker. I already completed the sets last year, so I didn’t need anything in particular and I wanted to help them out in some small way.

Hi Halloween visitors! If you have a duplicate piece of furniture, you can trade it with one I have by Re-Tail. -JeffI continued to go around town and bug my villagers.

Agent S: It's a bug!! I'm, like, completely freaking out right now!When 8:00 came, I opened my gate and town filled up quickly. T Zelda, Meli, and MaryAnn came over to play.

Jeff: Happy hunting!Meli had to go around 8:50, and Wendy came in to take her spot in town. TZ laid out a few extra pieces of candy by the town tree as we continued to search for Jack.

A werewolf receiving furniture from Jack.Here, you can see Sprinkle giving me a nice new hat head.

Sprinkle: Are you ready? 'Cause you're about to get PRANKED!Wendy only stayed about 15 minutes. Once she left, Ash came over to join in the fun. I hadn’t seen Ash in a verrrrry long time. I can’t even remember when the last time was! After telling her to read the bulletin board, I took this group photo of us all.

Four monsters in Forest.TZ left about 10 minutes later. The rest of us were discussing how the creepy furniture set is more rare than the spooky set, but not more valuable. Neither set is worth much money, making Halloween a bad holiday for making money in New Leaf. (It was much better in ACCF). What’s up with that? Ash and I took out our frustrations on Reese.

Two pumpkin heads getting angry at Reese.Before I ended the session, I had them take a final look at my items for anything they needed.

My Halloween haul.I found Ash sitting on my tree stump, and I was trying to type a message asking if she was aware that wasn’t a toilet. But before I finished my sentence, Jack appeared out of nowhere, walked up to me, and forced me into a conversation.

Jack: Now, my loyal subject, Jeff! Did you bring me that important thing we talked about, pumpkin?Fortunately, I had a piece of candy to give him. After I was done talking to him, MaryAnn and I started attacking Ash with axes.

Attacking Ash with axes.I then ended the session for the night. I had a good time tonight; thank you to all who came! It was good seeing you all again! I hope everyone else had a good Halloween too! And don’t forget to have a great weekend! See you next time!

Jeff: Happy Halloween! :)

Delivering Octavian to Aurora

Tonight, Aurora asked me to fetch Octavian for her. So I tracked him down over by my metal bench. “Come with me if you want to live.”

Octavian: Huh? Aurora is calling for me? Man, everyone relies on me all the time... You ever feel like that?He reluctantly followed me to Aurora’s house. But he wasn’t happy about being dragged away from whatever he was doing with Rolf.

Octavian: What?! What is it?! Why did I need to come right this instant?!Aurora said that Octavian had wanted to check out her house. But he didn’t remember it that way, and he refused to stick around.

Octavian: I said that? That doesn't sound like me. Well, in any case, I can't stick around today.He then said he was going back to picking petals off of daisies! Why that little…

Octavian: If we're done here, I'll get back to picking the petals off all the daisies. Nobody else is gonna do it.Aurora was disappointed of course, but she thanked me for tracking down Octavian regardless. She gave me a regal armoire for my trouble.

Aurora: Why did Octavian have to run off so quickly after coming all the way over here?!Up at the Dream Suite, Luna told me that Belle from Sydeny was my most recent dream visitor.

Wendy told me that her Re-Tail was buying turnips for 238 bells each today, so I headed over there to sell all that I had. I earned a cool 809,200 bells in total.

Reese: Currently, I'm buying each turnip for 238 bells.I then delivered an underwater wall to Celi in her town Cloud 9.

Delivering an item to Celi.When I got back home, I deposited the money in my pockets into my bank account at the post office. My balance topped 26 million bells.

Your current balance is 26,040,000 bells.I’ll be back with more tomorrow. Have a great Halloween, everyone!

One other note: Courage has submitted a Filbert shirt design to the QR Codes page, so check that out if you’re interested.

Skull Delivery

Last night, I had a T-rex skull for Wendy, so I went over to Pawnee to drop it off. Skull delivery!

Delivering a skull to Wendy.My skull (well not my skull) completed the T-rex in her basement jungle.

The jungle in Wendy's basement.After Wendy and I sat down, Wendy said the T-rex was trying to eat me! But no! It was trying to eat her!

A T-rex about to eat Wendy.For some reason, the T-rex was too scared to actually eat her though. Not just scared, but totally petrified.

Wendy ended the session soon after that. Today, I spotted Saharah the camel in town.

Saharah: I am called Saharah, for that is my name. I come from faraway land.I paid her 3,000 bells for this backyard fence and common floor.

A backyard fence and common floor.Night was falling, and Octavian wanted to end the day on a good note. (Does that mean he’s about to fart?)

Octavian: Hey, Jeff! Day's almost done, so let's finish on a good note. No messin' around.Up at the Dream Suite, Luna told me that Cait from Lollipop was my most recent dream visitor. In Able Sisters, I made a new pattern. It’s a dog (dawg) that’s a secondary logo of the Cleveland Browns (Dawg Pound). I put it on my flag over at town hall, although it’s a bit hard to see in the dark.

Dawg Pound flag.Here’s a better look at it in my house:

Cleveland Browns Dawg Pound design.Whether you’re a Browns fan or just like the dog, the pattern is available to scan on the QR Codes page.

For people already on my 3DS roster, I’ll be opening my gate on Friday (Halloween) around 8pm Eastern time (5pm Pacific time). I may only stay on for an hour or so, though.