Wearing Midna’s Mask

I had a letter in the mail from “TNPS” today, and I wasn’t sure what that meant. But then I saw that it was my Midna’s mask from Nook’s Point Tracking System. So I put on my new mask. It doesn’t exactly match my snow shirt, but it’ll have to do for now.

Me wearing Midna's mask outside of my house in ACCF.I saw a notice on the bulletin board that reminded me that Festivale is coming up on Monday (February 27th). It’s not my favorite event, but good luck to you if you choose to participate!

The three furniture items at Nook ‘n’ Go today were a storage case, a white golf bag, and a tiki torch. The tiki torch always reminds me of Survivor… and when I realized the other two items were basically a “work” item and a “play” item, this came to mind.

Outwork, outplay, outlast. (A storage case, white golf bag, and tiki torch).After going up the ramp, I noticed Opal down below. I decided to give her a shower sprinkle with my watering can.

Animated GIF of me sprinkling water on Opal.I found a house where Twiggy previously lived, so I went in to investigate. Inside, I found Freckles the duck. She just arrived in town, and she hasn’t finished unpacking yet. I also have her in my secondary GameCube town of Ohio.

Freckles: Oh! Hiya! I'm Freckles!When I visited Benedict, I saw that he was sick with a cold. So I gave him some medicine. He needs to be healthy before I cook him um, because being sick is no fun.

Benedict flips as he takes some medicine.After circling around town, I had a chat with Savannah. She asked me for some plantlike furniture. But Nook didn’t have any, Crazy Redd didn’t have any, the recycle bin didn’t have any, and I didn’t have any in my house.

My last resort was to try shaking trees. But the very first tree I shook had something else in it: Bees. And because my reflexes are practically plantlike, the bees got me. 😛 Although, this mask does hide my bad eye.

I got stung by a bee! Ow! Ow ow ow!When I ran into Opal again, she wasn’t being very supportive. But then again, I did dump water on her earlier, so I guess her rudeness was understandable.

Opal: So, why don't you go take care of YOUR face?I continued shaking trees, but I found more bees (four) than furniture items (two). And neither of those items were plantlike; they were a blue bookcase and a wooden box. Oh well, I guess I can’t help Savannah out this time. Hopefully there will be more opportunities in the future.

The snow will be gone by tomorrow morning, so enjoy the beginning of spring! 🙂

Febru-Errands

When I started up the game tonight, I received Bluebear’s goodbye letter in the mail. She called me a great BFF, which certainly was not true.

Dear Jeff, Wah, Jeff! Today is finally the day I leave Forest forever. Thanks for being such a great BFF! Take care! -Yours, BluebearAs I walked along the river near the top of the waterfall, Benedict told me he lost his key. Ugh. He said he would look around here, and asked me to look near the water. But “here” is near the water.

Benedict: I'll look around here and in the grass, so could you please look near the water?I wasn’t initially planning on fishing for his key. But when Coco asked me to catch a freshwater goby for her, I figured I could work on two favors at once. I caught the key first, so I returned it to Benedict, and he rewarded me with a mega drilloid.

After a few more minutes of fishing, I caught the freshwater goby I was hoping for. I took it to Coco, and she thanked me by giving me a chainlink fence.

Coco: Sweet-J... That is SO sweet. You caught me one!
Too bad the fish wasn’t a sweetfish. That would’ve been even sweeter!

Opal asked me to make a delivery to Chow, so I agreed to this errand as well. Chow gladly accepted the gift, and he said Opal has the memory of an elephant.

Chow: A writing chair? That takes me back. Opal's got a memory like an elephant.
She *is* an elephant.

When I told Opal the delivery was complete, she gave me a cloud flooring for my trouble.

I ran into Tank, and he wanted to do a gift exchange. He wanted a dace I had in my pockets, and in return, he offered me some bamboo flooring. That’s not a bad trade, so I agreed to the deal. Seems like it’s all wallpaper and flooring I’m getting today.

At Nook ‘n’ Go, I did something I almost never do: I ordered an item from Nook’s Point Tracking System (PTS). Since there’s a new Zelda game coming out in just over two weeks, I decided to order a Zelda item. I already have Majora’s Mask, so I spent 6,500 points to order Midna’s mask. I should receive it in the mail next time.

Midna's Mask (6,500 points) available from Nook's Point Tracking System (PTS).

Bus Delays

I figured it was time to change out of my New Year’s shirt, so I bought this snow shirt at Able Sisters tonight.

Mabel: Oh, that looks absolutely perfect on you!
Snow kidding?

Pascal was standing on a bridge, talking about how he has been to the abyss. I gave him a scallop, and he gave me a ship deck (carpet).

Pascal: The abyss is a real place, maaaan. I've been there. I know.When I went into Bluebear’s house, I saw that she was all packed up and ready to move.

Bluebear: Oh, Sweet-J! I'm glad you stopped by...'cause I'm totally MOVING! So long, peach!She didn’t want me to forget what she looked like–as if I could forget Bluebear looks like a blue bear. So she told me to take a good look (’cause it’s the last time).

Bluebear: Don't forget what I look like! Take a goooooood look, peach!
That sounds like something Kitty would say.

Poor Savannah was locked out of her house tonight. I don’t normally bother fishing animals’ keys out of the river, but I’d do anything for Savannah. 😛 Fortunately, it didn’t take me long. The first small fish shadow I saw turned out to be the key.

I caught a key! ...Whose key is this?I took it back to Savannah, and she rewarded me by giving me a purple lava lamp.

Savannah: I'm so glad you were there for me, in stripes!I went to take a bus to the city, but Benedict was causing a delay!

The bug won't come if someone's standing in its route!
Well maybe the chicken should cross the road.

Fortunately, he got out of the way quickly. Not much was going on in the city, but when I returned, I decided to play around with snowballs again. You know how snowballs will often fall apart after even lightly tapping something? Well you can drop snowballs off of the bus stop, and they don’t break!

Pushing a snowball off the bus stop (animated GIF).It doesn’t break when you push it the other way, either! It does prevent the bus from coming if it’s in the “road,” though.

The bus has been delayed due to a massive snowball on the road.