Luxurious Octopus

On Monday, I found Clyde all packed up and ready to move out of town. So I said my last goodbye before he gallops off into the sunset.

Clyde: Well, Bro J, I guess the time has finally come.
Sure you’re not just horsing around?

Over by town hall, Opal told me about her new side business, selling luxury items. So she expected me to buy a luxurious octopus for 2,460 bells. I wanted to tell her NO WAY eight times.

Opal: I've started a side business selling luxury items. Like this octopus, for example!

As I’ve been doing lately, I went fishing and bug-hunting. I caught about 100,000 bells worth before ending my game for the night.

Today, I received Clyde’s goodbye letter in the mail.

Dear Jeff, It's almost time for me to leave Forest. 'Cause of you, every day I lived here was tons of fun. Thanks for everything! -From Clyde

Able Sisters had a knight’s helmet for sale, so I made a rare impulse purchase. It’s fun wearing some of the goofy hats in the game sometimes. I also ordered the armor suit to go with it.

Mabel: That's a knight's helmet. The price on that item is 1,000 bells.
I’m going to have a good knight.

Forest’s resident frog asked for a new greeting, so I told him to say “Catch my Drift?”

Drift: Catch my Drift?!

I did some more fishing and bug-catching, but I only earned about 30,000 bells tonight. That’s because I stopped when I reached my goal of hitting 33 million bells in my bank account.

Your current balance is 33,000,000 bells.

I first hit 32 million bells on June 22nd, so it took me just over a month to earn a million bells. That’s probably the quickest million I’ve made in a long time.

I recently put up my latest ACCF video, City Folk Moments #4. Please give it a watch if you haven’t seen it yet (or feel free to watch it again if you have seen it :P).

I actually have another City Folk video planned for later in August, too. (But it’s not a “Moments” video). See you next time!

Letting Clyde Go

On Monday, Clyde informed me that he was leaving town. I thought about it (for about two seconds), and I decided to let him go.

Clyde: Y'know, Bro-J, I've been thinking of moving out of Forest.

Over by the museum, a balloon present did me a favor by blocking my view of Tabby! What a thoughtful balloon present! Thank you, balloon present!

A purple balloon present floats by.

Still…it was a balloon present, so I shot it down. An office desk was inside. It’s too bad that the desk didn’t fall on Tabby, but that’s okay. I made sure Tabby still had a mishap. 😉

Tabby, in a pitfall: LIKE, NOOOOOOOOOOO!
I had nothing to do with it. At least, that’s what I’m going to tell Copper and Booker. 😉

I took advantage of the summer nights while they’re here, and I went bug-catching and fishing. I caught about 120,000 bells worth.

I played again tonight, and Static had a good suggestion: He wanted to plant some ugly rumors about Tabby. Sounds like a plan!

Static: I wonder if now's the time to plant some ugly rumors about Tabby and watch the fun?

He asked me to catch a sweetfish for him, so I kept my eyes open for one as I fished. Eventually, I caught one and took it back to Static. He rewarded me with 752 bells.

Static: Fine work, J-boo. Fine indeed. Take 752 bells for the effort, buzz off!

Opal asked me for an octopus, and I caught that for her as well. She also rewarded me with 752 bells. This must be the new bell trend, replacing my recent rewards of 528 bells.

Tonight’s fishing and bug-catching netted me an additional 100,000 bells.

Tabby’s Tongue-Twister

Remember how Static talked Midge into wanting a pet mosquito? He’s been up to it again. This time, he got Midge wanting a tarantula!

Midge: I was talking to Static, and we decided it was a great idea for me to get a pet tarantula!

While visiting the city on Monday, I noticed that there were four squirrels there! Was GracieGrace handing out free nuts or something?

Four squirrels in the city.

Last night, I did some bug-catching and fishing. Some of my most valuable catches included a goliath beetle (6,000 bells), cyclommatus (8,000 bells), scorpion (8,000 bells), atlas beetle (8,000 bells), giant beetle (10,000 bells), and three rainbow stags (10,000 bells each)!

I caught a rainbow stag! Someone tell me, already! Where's the rainbow?!

Midge asked me for a new catchphrase to replace “buzz off,” so I told her to say “in my nest” instead.

I listened in on a conversation between Tabby and Kabuki on the bridge. Tabby was trying to get Kabuki to say a tongue-twister: “Six slimy snakes sell seashells by the seashore.” But Kabuki couldn’t do it.

Kabuki: Six scummy steaks... Slick stormy spats... Stinky skeleton snot...!

In all, I earned over 125,000 bells on the night. It would have been more, but I spent much of my time trying to catch a freshwater goby for Drift. But despite playing for over an hour, I never found a single one of them!

Tonight, I got a letter from Kitty. She thanked me for the medicine I’ve been taking her lately, and she rewarded me with a snowboard.

Static told me he was thinking of moving away! Is he nuts? Sorry squirrel-friend, but you’re not going anywhere!

Static: And moving's such a hassle, anyway. All right, you've convinced me. I'll stay in Forest!

Just a side note: Tabby seems to be very clumsy lately. Falling into holes, running into nets. Hmm, what’s gotten into her? 😉

Tabby in a pitfall in ACCF.

I posted my latest video the other day, and it features my favorite Animal Crossing villagers for every letter of the alphabet…from Agent S to Zell! Here’s the video; I hope you enjoy it!