Jeff's Animal Crossing Blog

Today was Explorer’s Day (Columbus Day), so Tortimer was at the wishing well to talk about the holiday.

He then told me I should go sail the sea to find treasure and excitement. I think he was just trying to get rid of me.

I went around town, pulling weeds and talking to neighbors. Hank was talking about Halloween and warned me not to try to trick him.

I talked to Puck and he asked if he could have my stego torso. I agreed to give it to him.

He then gave me a groovy wall in exchange. That was definitely not a fair trade for me, but it sure made Puck happy. Or maybe he’s just happy because he thinks he can rip me off any time he likes.

For some reason, I talked to Candi. She told me to build her a shopping mall, even if I have to sell my own house to do it. Now I remember why I don’t care for her.

And after pulling weeds, I went to check my town status. Back to perfect.

Hopper the penguin has already moved out of town. I got his goodbye letter today.

I talked to Puck (another penguin) and he thought of a game for us to play. Sounds fun.

He told me to choose right or left. I chose right, and he informed me that that means I have to buy a playroom wall from him for 1,930 bells!

Still, I continued talking to many of my villagers. Genji hinted at Jack’s appearance for Halloween.

Static asked me for a new catchphrase to replace “krzzt.” I wasn’t sure what to tell him, but I eventually went with “on bread.” It made him sound like he’s offering to make me a sandwich.

I then saw a new house. It belonged to my new neighbor Ricky, a clown-nosed squirrel. He doesn’t seem very friendly.

I pulled some weeds, stopped at the post office, checked the dump, and then stopped at the train station. I let K.K. perform a song for me (he chose K.K. Jazz) before I headed for home.

Upon starting up the game this evening, I was greeted to a reminder that the harvest moon festival was underway.

On my way to the lake, I stopped at Nook’s. I forgot today was raffle day. I didn’t have any raffle tickets, and that’s too bad, because the prizes looked pretty good this time. A hamster cage, a NES game, and a Mario trophy. Sure beats a lovely kitchen.

Once I got to the lake, I saw Kody and Genji staring up at the moon.

I talked to them; Kody seemed to be glad Genji was there with him, but Genji was annoyed by Kody’s presence.

Mayor Tortimer was also in attendance, although he was only thinking about food.

Baabara was also there.

And finally, Candi was there as well. I stopped to watch the moon (or its reflection). The music playing at the festival is peaceful and relaxing. Part of the song actually sounds like the Christmas carol “Silent Night.” (The “sleep in heavenly peace” part).

I then went across the lake to watch the moon from the pier before I wrapped up my night in Forest.