Imposing Animal Day

Today I found the daily glowing spot and dug up 1,000 bells on my way to Nookington’s. Once inside the store, I bought a few pieces of candy. I then started making my way around town. Puck decided that he would paint my roof for me, without my permission. That’s rude.

Puck: Your rooftop was getting dirty, so I painted it for you.He said he painted it snow white. It figures a penguin would want it to look like snow. Still, I hate how animals can do that in this game.

Puck: I painted it snow white! Now it's like winter all the time.I continued on, talking to Genji, Admiral, and Static. But Static also imposed on me by forcing me to buy an item against my will.

Static: If you don't make your choice by the 5th item, you'll be buying it, like it or not!He lists five items, one at a time. I have a chance to buy each item, or pass and see the next item. But if I pass on the first four items, I am forced to buy the 5th item. If there’s not an item you’re looking for (such as in my case), you want to limit the damages as much as possible.

I’ve noticed that when they play this “game,” only one item will be less than a thousand bells, and all the others will be over 1,000. So I passed on the first three items, which ranged in price from 1,520 to 2,720 bells. The fourth item was a rocket for 710 bells. This was my chance to escape with a small loss, so I bought it.

Static: Did you buy something you wanted? Or was it a panic decision?After a quick chat with Kody, I found today’s red rock and got the full seven bags (13,300 bells)–without digging any holes.

Seven money bags from the rock.I then talked to Hank, Sydney, Copper, and Tom before returning home. I then took a look at my wintery-looking house that Puck painted. Ugh. I’ll have to buy some paint next time.

My house with a white roof.

Meeting Admiral

I got a goodbye letter in the mail today. It’s from Ricky, who has moved out of Forest.

Ricky's goodbye letter.I went to Nook’s and saw that he is now selling candy in preparation for Halloween. I bought all five pieces.

Tom Nook: That's candy. The price is 100 bells.I walked around and saw a new house next to Maple’s house. It belongs to Admiral, who just moved in.

Admiral: I'm Admiral. You got a problem with that?I pulled some weeds, dug up some fossils, and made my way around town. I went into Emerald’s house and asked her if she had a job for me.

Emerald: I lent my glasses case to Admiral. You know who that is, right?She said she lent her glasses case to Admiral a while back and wanted me to get it back for her. Okay, first of all, she doesn’t wear glasses. Neither does Admiral; in fact, he has eagle eyes. So why would either of them need a glasses case? And besides that, she said she lent it to him a while back. The dude just moved into town! Something about this story isn’t adding up. But still, I went back to Admiral (after a quick stop at the post office) and got the case back.

Admiral: Here's Emerald's glasses case. I never should have kept it so long. I'm bad.I returned it to Emerald and she gave me a green ring shirt as a reward.

Emerald: Please take these clothes as a symbol of my gratitude.I then returned home and saved my game.

Hidden Fossil

I started making my way around town, pulling weeds and talking to my neighbors. There’s one spot in my town where the cliff juts out and the spot on the lower level is completely hidden. It looks like this:

ac-cliffAnyway, I had my shovel out since I was banging rocks in the area (looking for the red/money rock). And I just decided to dig in the hidden spot, and I dug up a fossil!

Check it out! I dug up a fossil!It made me wonder how long that fossil had been there. It easily could have been months, and possibly even years! I’ll never know, but it makes you wonder.

Nearby, I did find the money rock and got six bags, totaling 3,300 bells. I know some people recommend digging holes behind the rock so you can get the seventh bag, but I generally don’t bother. Partly because I’m lazy, but also because I don’t really think it’s worth the effort unless you’re desperate for bells (which I’m not). Besides, sometimes I get the full seven bags without it anyway. Just not today.

Hitting the money rock.Over by the wishing well, Belle told me that Scott visited Forest the other day. That’s a lie, because Scott hasn’t visited Forest in years.

Belle: Someone by the name of Scott dropped by the other day...After mailing away two fossils and depositing some money in the bank, I stopped by the train station to watch K.K. perform. He played K.K. Love Song for me. I had forgotten how much I like that song; it’s one of my favorites.

K.K.: You tapped for tunes? No problem. Dig this one, man. K.K. Love Song!