Halloween

I spent most of the night playing the Halloween festival in City Folk, so I didn’t have much time to play the GameCube game. But still, I wanted at least a little taste of the action.

The first thing I noticed was how vicious the animals are on GameCube. They don’t stroll around, they CHARGE at you, full speed. Or they’ll hide behind a tree and wait until you’re close and strike. They’re fierce. And it’s not like City Folk where half of the animals are indoors, no. All FIFTEEN of your villagers are outside (no sleeping tonight) and they will all ambush you. The festival is a cakewalk on City Folk, and this is a real challenge…especially if you have limited candy.

Tutu: Fine! I've got ways of dealing with people like you, twinkles!The only beings that don’t harass you are Jack…

Jack: Of course, only a fool would dare go out on Halloween without some candy.…and Tortimer.

Tortimer: It's a smart policy not to walk around with anything you find valuable.Somehow I managed to find Jack twice in a relatively short amount of time. I got the spooky carpet and the spooky sofa.

At one point, I saw a balloon present go by. It was a red one. For some reason, that really stood out to me. I don’t think many balloon presents are red, are they? Or maybe it just stood out because the bright red balloon landed in a bright gold tree.

A balloon present on a red balloon lands in a golden tree.At any rate,  I shook the tree and opened the present. Oddly enough, it contained a bright red apple. I then headed for home. Here are a couple more pictures of my friendly animal neighbors tonight.

Carmen: You loser! Take this, bumpkin!Puck: You have to keep giving candy 'till it hurts! Give all you've got!

It’s Not Pineapple Juice

Candi was apparently starting to enter the (human) house acre, and as I was running, I accidentally pushed her back into the acre she came from. That was a bit unusual.

Pushing Candi into another acre.Anyway, I went on to Nookington’s and bought up all five pieces of candy he had for sale, just in case I play the game for Halloween tomorrow.

Nookington's all sold out of candy.I went in Carmen’s house and she tried to sell me an opulent rug or shanty wall for all the money I was carrying: 18,989 bells. No way!

Carmen: Care to buy an opulent rug or a shanty wall for 18,989 bells?So I hopped on her dual pineapple beds and rolled around in them. I won’t tell you what I left in her bed, but I’ll give you a hint: It’s not pineapple juice.

Leaving something in Carmen's pineapple beds.I then pulled some weeds, talked to a few more of my neighbors, went to the post office to deposit all my bells in the bank, and headed for home. I changed into an “A” shirt, just so my short circuit shirt (a valuable Gracie exclusive) doesn’t get ruined at Halloween tomorrow.

Monique Out, Carmen In, Belle Unfashionable, & Rockin’ Out to the Retro TV

I checked my mail and found a goodbye letter from Monique.

Monique's goodbye letter.That meant I had a new neighbor, so I went to go meet her. It was Carmen the mouse. I believe I had her a long time ago.

Meeting Carmen.I went around talking to animals. Genji gave me a classic cabinet for free. I went in Belle’s house and she insulted my clothes and then tried to give me a green ring shirt. I declined, but she made me take it anyway. She then asked if her outfits are cool… she has a bunch of cow print shirts in her room, and I didn’t think that was very creative for a cow, so I told her “I’m sorry.” She got very mad.

Belle: Is it just me or do I have it going on? My outfits are so COOL, right?I went into Tutu’s house and saw that she had one of the coolest items in the game…a retro TV. I turned off her stereo and proceeded to dance to the music played by the retro TV. 😀

Tutu's retro TV.I pulled some weeds, talked to Kody a few times, and headed for home.