Jeff's ACCF Blog

Today, I found a house in the same spot where Roscoe lived (until last week). When I went inside, I was very pleased to find Marina the octopus! 🐙

I’ve always liked Marina. She has lived here before, of course. In fact, she moved into Forest in February of 2016 as well! Welcome back, Marina!

I ran into Big Top over by Able Sisters, and he said that the first of every month is going to be Hide-and-Seek Day!

Of course, he’s not going to stick to that schedule. But we did play today! He gave me ten minutes to find him, Punchy, and Ruby…and I found Ruby almost immediately. She was behind a coconut tree, between Marina’s new house and Scott’s house.

Three minutes later, I found Punchy behind a tree on the cliff, south of Able Sisters.

And with four minutes remaining on the timer, I found Big Top near the museum. He gave me a mini alloid for winning the game, and he complimented me on my X-ray vision. 🩻

Right afterwards, I spoke with Ruby and she complained about the lack of events lately. She said it was “SOOOOO boring.” It was as if she didn’t know she just played a game of hide-and-seek. 😛

Later on, I played again to attend K.K. Slider’s Saturday night show. He performed one of my favorites for me: “Two Days Ago.” 👍

I posted my latest ACCF video yesterday; check out City Folk Moments #24:

And last but not least, here are a few other quick notes about today’s session:

• I shot down a balloon present that contained a brick block.
• Felicity was sick with a cold, so I gave her some medicine.
• I obtained four gyroids today (including the one from Big Top), but none were ones that I needed for Brewster.
• My buddy Butch was in the city, so I had a little chat with him. 🙂

As expected, I received Roscoe’s goodbye letter in the mail today.

I believe this now makes Antonio my longest-tenured villager; he’s lived in Forest since Festivale 2023. And speaking of Antonio, I also got a letter from him in the mail today. He is over his cold now, and he sent me a righty desk as thanks for the medicine I gave him.

Over by the museum, I ran into Big Top, who was out looking for bugs. He said the sunny weather is all he needs to be happy. Well, that and his bug net, some bug-attracting spray, and some berry crumble.

When I visited Felicity, she said she needed a photo of herself with a fossil to include with her entry for the “Little Miss Paleontology” contest. She already had a fossil in her house, even though most of it was off-screen. But I took a photo for her anyway. 😛

But it turns out that she was just asking me to get (another) fossil for her. Luckily for her, I had just come from the museum, where Blathers identified a couple of fossils for me. So I gave her an ankylo skull, and in return, she gave me an arcade machine. I left and re-entered her house to see her new fossil, and I took another photo. Here you go, Felicity.

Back outside, Mint told me that she had her usual Saturday massage, this time with essences of pound cake and chocolate. She said she has to keep herself in sassy shape. 😆

At town hall, I found a pine table in the recycle bin. It wood make a fine gift for someone.

Two of my villagers asked for new things to say today. For Nana’s greeting, I told her to say “I’m a monkey.” And for Mint’s catchphrase, I asked her to say “it’s minty.”

I noticed that my savings balance was approaching a new million milestone, so I went on a fruit run. I made 10+ trips gathering fruit, and I got my balance up to 66 million bells.

I saw Nana and Roscoe having a conversation yesterday afternoon, but it was already over by the time I got to speak with them. They were both depressed, and Nana said she needed some alone time. No problem, monkey, I understand.

Over by my southernmost bridge, I found Wisp’s empty lamp!

It was too early in the day for Wisp, so I came back later after 8 p.m. I had to make a full circle around town before I found him outside of town hall. He said he was scared of the dark! 👻

I told him I found his lamp, and he slipped inside of it. I had to go into my attic to rub the lamp and summon Wisp. He asked what I wanted for a reward, and I decided to ask for a hat. How cool would it be if he gave me a crown? But he ended up giving me an outback hat instead.

I decided to put it on for now, but I probably won’t wear it for long. But I’ll wear it for at least one g’day, mate.

Today, I found Rosoce all packed up with his belongings in boxes. He’s riding off into the sunset. Have a nice journey, Roscoe! We’ll probably meet again someday.

Chip was in town for a dab-only fishing tourney today. I caught just one fish, and it happened to be a dab.

I took it over to Chip, and he measured it for me: 23.6 inches. That was (significantly) larger than Felicity’s 19.2-inch dab, so I took over the top spot. My prize was a cabin wardrobe.

It was only about 1 p.m. though, so I wasn’t liking my odds of it holding up for the rest of the tourney.

Big Top asked me for a mole cricket, so I listened for one as I walked around town. I eventually caught one and took it back to Big Top…only for him to give me a centipede in return! That’s the last thing I would ever want!

Antonio has been sick with a cold, so I gave him some medicine yesterday and today. Get well soon!

I ended my session for the afternoon, but I returned later to find a letter in the mail from Chip. To my surprise, I won the tourney! That’s really lucky when you consider I only caught one fish! Chip attached a silver trophy to the letter.

I then went over to the Roost to check out K.K. Slider’s Saturday night show. I asked for a random song, and he performed K.K. Cruisin’ for me. An oldie but goodie.

Enjoy the rest of your weekend, and I’ll see you next time!