When I played on March 13th, I received Freya’s goodbye letter in the mail. So I tracked down her replacement, Bitty the hippo.
She has lived in Forest before, back in 2013…when she actually replaced Rizzo.
Fast forward a few weeks to today (April 6th). Bitty is now gone, and Velma has taken her place. She also lived in Forest in 2013. It seems like 7-8 years seems to be about the typical amount of time for one of my former villagers to return, after moving out. Of course, I typically only play once a month or so, so that figure could be quite different for you, depending on how frequently you play.
Oh jinkies.
When I visited Ursala, she was happy that spring has finally arrived. She said that everyone looks warm and contented now. She said everyone looked grouchy in the winter! 😛 That’s understandable.
The cherry blossom festival was underway at the wishing well. Tortimer was there to share some words about the arrival of spring, while Genji and Belle were seated at a table, enjoying themselves. 🌸🌸🌸
Kody and Patty sat at the other table, and Kody encouraged me to enjoy an adult-sized glass of juice. 🍷
Candi was the designated dancer this year. She told me to check out the blossoms and shake my groove thang, in her ears. 😛
I played last Wednesday, and I found Eloise’s goodbye letter in the mail. Her replacement is Freya the snooty wolf. Like most (if not all) new villagers I get, Freya has lived in Forest before…back in 2014.
I tested out the ordering system, and I quickly discovered that the GameCube game (much like New Horizons) has a limit of five items you can order at a time. The difference is that I believe the count resets after the mail is delivered, so you can potentially order more than five items per day as long as you play before 5 p.m.
Yesterday, Maple told me that she finds it hard to sense the flow of time when she’s indoors. That could also apply to the past year or so in general. 😛
But can you sense the flow of honey?
Freya had a suggestion for me: She said I could make her dinner every day! I don’t think so, but nice try.
I howled with laughter at her suggestion. 😛
I asked around for jobs, and I completed a couple of them. But several others ended in dead ends because Maple and Sydney were already in bed.
So I continued where I left off today. I made two deliveries to Maple, and she rewarded me with a modern wall and a rally shirt.
I then headed to Sydney’s house, where I was trying to pick up Candi’s Pokemon Pikachu. However, Sydney told me that Patty forcibly took it from her! Fortunately, Patty still had it and she handed it over to me. I returned it to Candi, and she gave me a white boom box for my trouble.
But I then made the mistake of asking Candi for another favor. She told me that Emerald borrowed her watch and never returned it. Candi was pretty steamed.
It was almost 9:00, so I rushed over to Emerald’s house as fast as I could. I got through the door, and then the hourly chime rang. So even though I got in the door, but there was a problem: Emerald wasn’t in here! When I left and checked the door, it said she was sleeping. She must be sleeping somewhere else then. 😛
I decided to ask for more favors, and Kody asked me to catch a fish for him. I caught a barbel steed, and he seemed very surprised that I was capable of catching a fish.
He rewarded me with a “dope” lawn chair. 😛
For my next job, Genji asked me to plant some flowers around his house. I bought all five packs of flower seeds at Nookington’s, and planted them near Genji’s house. When I told him the task was complete, he told me that he practically buried his sweetie in blooms!
Yikes! I never knew Genji was a murderer! Maybe I should be more careful about what jobs I accept. I could be helping cover up a crime. You never know what’s buried down the rabbit hole.
I started up the game this past Saturday, and I had several Valentine’s Day greetings in the mail. That included this somewhat creepy valentine from Emerald. Maybe this isn’t the best stationery to be using on Valentine’s Day…
Are you threatening me? Am I going to croak?
But most of the girls in town sent me a valentine and a gift. This is what they all gave me:
Baabara: round cactus
Belle: cabana table
Emerald: cabin armchair
Maple: hammock
Sydney: rock guitar
Ursala: picnic table
Only Baabara would send a cactus with a valentine. At least she didn’t use the creepy stationery that Emerald used; that would have made it doubly threatening!
I also received Petunia’s goodbye letter in the mail. So I went over to acre B-2 to meet her replacement, Eloise the elephant. She seemed nice at first…
But it didn’t take long for her snooty nature to shine through. She said a slouch like me could never do justice to Gracie’s designs. Oh well, at least we had a good ten seconds until she got on my bad list. 😛
You can go on and pack your trunk and move out now.
Note: Eloise also lived in Forest back in 2012…until she was replaced by Yuka. Let’s hope that doesn’t happen again.
Today, Maple said she was looking for a new start. She asked me to take her to another town, but that’s not going to happen. 😛
I’ve sworn off train travel from Forest, sorry. I couldn’t trust you’d be the one to leave anyway.
Candi told me that Scott from Ohio passed through town the other day, although that wasn’t true. It was over ten years ago, but she still talks about it as if it was yesterday. 😛 But she wondered why he just passed through town, unless he was selling turnips or something.
No, not at all.
I got lucky with today’s glowing spot: It gave me 10,000 bells instead of the usual 1,000. Luck struck again a few minutes later, when I spotted a large fish shadow in the river. I fished out a stringfish! I rarely do any fishing outside of early September, so this was a nice surprise!
After pulling all the weeds I saw, I verified at the wishing well that the town status is still perfect. 👍
This is the last day of snow on the ground, and I’m ready to see green grass return. Goodbye, winter! And Never Stop Crossing! 🙂
