Not a Coincidence (552 Bells)

Tonight, Cousteau asked me to make a delivery to Mallary. He said he couldn’t do it himself because he just ran a marathon in wet sand.

Cousteau: I've got this package I need to get delivered. Thing is, I just ran a marathon in wet sand.When I visited Bunnie, she freaked out about not cleaning in her corners. She was afraid I would see some dust bunnies or something. I wonder if they’re related to her…

Bunnie: EEEEK! I forgot to clean the corners!I ran into Twiggy just south of the fountain, and she told me we should teach an olive flounder to play baseball. Strike three, you’re out…of the water.

Twiggy: Ohmigosh: I've got a great idea! We should teach an olive flounder to play baseball! Isn't that CRAZY?She actually just wanted me to catch an olive flounder for her, but I wasn’t in the mood for fishing. Go catch it yourself, Twiggy.

On the western edge of town, Broccolo approached me and randomly gave me a men’s toilet. Who does that?

Broccolo: Oh, derrr! Mr. J, I was going to give you my men's toilet!I eventually circled back around to Mallary’s house, and I gave her the gift from Cousteau. It was a rose shirt, and she didn’t like it very much…although she put it on anyway. I returned to Cousteau and told him what happened. He thanked me for making the delivery and he rewarded me with–you guessed it–552 bells.

Cousteau: This 552 bells is for you. Don't worry, I gave it a good wipe down, oui oui.This seriously happens all the time. For the past several months, I’ve been noticing that I often get 552 bells as a reward from the villagers. Almost every time they give me cash, it’s exactly 552 bells. I started taking pictures, and here is a collage of those pictures. I’m not sure if there’s any significance to the number 552, but this clearly is no coincidence.

Six ACCF screenshots showing Twiggy, Lily, Mallary, Bunnie, and Cousteau rewarding me with exactly 552 bells.

Mouse on the Move

It was raining in Forest tonight, and Cousteau declared that the rain was lame and wimpy.

Cousteau: Rain is lame, Jeff. It's all wet, and drippy, and...wimpy, oui oui.Bettina told me that she was planning on moving out of town soon! That was welcome news, and it seems that Fang seemed to enjoy the announcement as well.

Bettina: I've been thinking about moving, toasty.I took my Cleveland Cavaliers logo patterns out of storage, and I displayed them near the gate.

My Cleveland Cavaliers logo pattern near my gate.After a completely pointless trip out to the city, I returned to catch a performance from K.K. Slider. I asked for a random song, and he played My Place for me. I like that song.

K.K.: All right, get ready to dig the riffs on this ditty: My Place.Thanks for stopping by. See you all next time!

Static Shock

Friga asked me to make a delivery to Cousteau tonight, so I did the deed. Say what you want about Cousteau, but he makes some of the most expressive, funny faces of any villager in the game.

Cousteau: What?! From Friga?When I went up to the house nearby, I had to pause for a moment. This is where Angus lived, but he’s gone now. I was shocked to see that this house belongs to Static!

Sign on house: Static's House.Static has been one of my favorite villagers from my GameCube town for years. I’m glad to have him in my City Folk town now too! He instantly became my favorite villager in town.

Static: Wait a minute, who are you? Were you in one of these boxes? Oh, you live in this town?With the NBA playoffs well underway, I put on my Cavaliers flag logo design as my shirt. Go Cavs!

Wearing a C flag pattern, the secondary logo of the Cleveland Cavaliers.I was looking for a certain item, so I switched to my Guest character so that I could check out his storage. I also looked through his mail, some of which has been sitting in the mailbox (or in my mail storage unread) for a very long time. I don’t use my Guest character very often, and even when I do, I generally don’t pay attention to the mail he received. It was bittersweet to find a letter from Bob here; he sent me a tennis table. It’s like a gift from the grave.

Dear Guest, I meant to give this to you the other day when you came here to chat. Sorry about that! -From BobThe other letters included multiple Mother’s Day and Father’s Day notices, and even a few leftover DLC items I never opened! I just plopped down the carnations from Mom and Dad.

Carnations on the ground outside of Guest's house.Unfortunately, Guest didn’t have the item I was looking for. Neither did Scott. So I switched back to my Jeff character. I put my New Year’s shirts on display…minus the 2009 shirt. That’s what I was looking for, and apparently I never saved that one for some reason. And now I’m kicking myself.

The New Year's shirts from 2009-2015 (back view).Here’s how they look from the front:

The New Year's shirts from 2009-2015 (front view).Yesterday was the one-year anniversary of the last night of online play for ACCF and other Wii games. If you’d like to relive that last night, view that blog entry or view the video of that night’s events, Wi-Fi Moments #62.