Jay Moves In

Yesterday, I got a letter from Broccolo. He thanked me for the medicine I’ve been giving him lately, and he sent me a desert cactus as a gift.

Alfonso asked me to take a gift over to Static, so I agreed to help him out. Static opened the present, and it was a common floor. He called it an expensive gift…you have to love Static’s sarcasm.

Static: Whoa! Can this be genuine? A common floor? I gotta have a talk with Alfonso about such expensive gifts!Today, there was a new house in town! It belongs to Jay. As long as it’s not Jay Leno! Fortunately, it’s a bird instead.

Jay: WHOA! You must be one of my new Forest neighbors!I took a bus out to the city, and I saw my old friend Del there.

Del: Don't just stand there thinking of your hair, creep!How rude! You’re just jealous because you don’t have hair! Actually, he wasn’t talking about me; he was talking about someone he saw coming out of Shampoodle before they got on the bus back to a town called Forest. Hey wait, maybe it was me after all!

As I boarded the bus, I saw a lunar delclipse.

Del's head blocks the moon as I board the bus.

The Bug Master

I got Cousteau’s goodbye letter in the mail today.

Cousteau's goodbye letter.The Bug-Off competition was held today, but I played much too late to participate. But the judge, Nat, told me that Alfonso was today’s winner, with a 59-point mantis.

Nat: The 59-point mantis caught by Alfonso from right here in Forest.I went by the spot where Cousteau lived. One good thing about him leaving is that I can finally fix my path back. His house was kind of in the way.

The dirt patch where Cousteau's house was.I went to the Roost to check out some live music. I asked K.K. for a sad song, and he performed Two Days Ago.

K.K.: Here's a jam that'll shine the blues clean off your shoes... It's called Two Days Ago.Broccolo was still sick, so I took him some more medicine.

Broccolo flips as he takes his medicine.Kitt asked me to make a delivery to Bunnie, so I took the gift (a shirt) to her. When I returned to Kitt, she rewarded me with a clackercart. But maybe her kid would enjoy this more than I would…

Kitt: Um, I can give you a clackercart.I had a chat with Booker at the gate, and he told me that Nat was in town (which I already knew, of course). But the interesting this is that he referred to Nat as the “bug master.”

Booker: Um, yeah... The bug master came through here early this morning, but...

Cousteau Leaps Away

As I started up the game this evening, I noticed that the grass color has changed since I last played. I’ve always liked this shade of green.

The mid/late September grass color.Near town hall, Alfonso was telling me about the Bug-Off coming up on Saturday. He said that he prepares for it by eating lots of sponge cake. That way, he’ll smell so sweet that the bugs just throw themselves into his net. Yeah, good luck with that.

Alfonso: That way, I'll smell so sweet that the bugs will just THROW themselves into my net!Cousteau was all packed up and ready to go on an undersea adventure. Good luck in your new pad.

Cousteau: I don't have a ton of stuff weighing me down, so packing up only took 5 minutes!Poor Broccolo wasn’t feeling well today; apparently he caught a cold.

Broccolo: My head is hotter than a jalapeno, but my hands are icier than frozen yogurt... M-medicine...I went to Nook’s and bought some medicine for him. Get well soon, little guy!

Broccolo flips as he takes his medicine.