Runaway Horse

Tonight, Friga was talking about fishing…and how she’s glad she’s not the fish.

Friga: And then, when a fish bites, it makes me think how very lucky I am...that I'm not the fish.I visited Ed, and he just remembered that he’s moving out of town. Even though he’s already packed up, he somehow forgot why. I guess he’s not the brightest lantern in the barn, if you know what I mean.

Ed: Hey... Hold up... Oh, yeah! I just remembered I'm bailing out of this town!Saharah was in town, and she was looking for old wallpaper. So I went around to ask all of my villagers for some. Except for Ed the horse, of course, of course. Three of the others had some old wallpaper for me: Bunnie, Prince, and Lily.

Lily: And you can just keep whatever she gives you in exchange. I don't need it!I took the three items to Saharah, and she gave me a basement wall in return.

Saharah: Here...a basement wall. Very exotic... Treasure it. It is a very rare thing.I was quite disappointed at first…until I checked my checklist and saw that it was an item I still needed for my catalog. So I decided to take a look at it. It’s honestly much better than its name implies. If anything, it should be called a dungeon wall. I like it!

The basement wall on display in my creepy furniture room.I put the wallpaper into storage for possible future use, and then I took the bus to the city. It was snowing there, and I saw that the path to the Reset Surveillance Center was open.

A light coming from the opening to the Reset Surveillance Center.I went inside, and nobody was home! Resetti and/or Don must have just scrambled to bug some poor Animal Intersection player. 😀 Unfortunately, there was nothing I could do in here. I couldn’t sit in the chairs, I couldn’t turn the TV on, I couldn’t look in the lockers, I couldn’t even eat the last piece of pizza!

The Reset Surveillance Center empty. Nobody's home!

New Year’s Shirt 2015

I started up the game to find many Happy New Year’s wishes in my mailbox. I received letters from Mallary, Lily, Friga, Bunnie, and Mom. Mom also included 1,000 bells.

Greetings, Jeff! Happy New Year! I'd better see a lot of you this year! January 1st, 2015. Ciao, LilyTortimer was outside of town hall again today, also wishing me a happy new year. Thanks, Torty!

Tortimer: Ah, a new year! Fresh like a new pair of socks!He was handing out the New Year’s shirt for 2015. It’s the year of the sheep, so it has a sheep on the front. But is it made of wool?

The New Year's Shirt for 2015, with a sheep on the front.And of course, it says “2015” on the back. Today is the only day you can get this shirt, so you might want to pick yours up while you can!

The New Year's Shirt for 2015, with 2015 written across the back.Each villager wished me a happy new year. Prince hopes we get lots of good food this year. In his case, that probably means flies and other insects. So I think I’ll decline any dinner invitations I get from him.

Prince: I hope we get to eat lots and lots of good food this year!Genji was even more excited about the new year. I could tell because he was yelling in a very large font. 😛

Genji: Happy New Year! WOOOOOOO!And by the bridge, Angus did a little dance for me: The Dance of the Lonely Manicotti. His dance consisted of several different emotions in a row. That was odd…

Angus: Anyway, this is called the Dance of the Lonely Manicotti! Enjoy!When I went to visit Broccolo, I saw that he was hungover sick, so I went to Nook’s and bought some medicine for him. Hopefully he’ll start feeling better soon. Because I’m not cleaning up his puke.

Broccolo flips as he takes some medicine.I finished up my day with a bus ride to the city, where I had a little chat with Phineas. He ended up giving me a green balloon.

Phineas: Who am I? Why, I'm Phineas, the prize man! Everyone should get a prize once in a while, don't you think?Have a great New Year, everyone!

New Year’s Eve

It’s New Year’s Eve, and Tortimer can be found outside of town hall, next to a giant countdown timer. If you speak to him, he will give you a party popper.

Tortimer: If you're going to have a countdown, you need a party popper, right? Heh heh heh.In previous years, I would repeatedly drop my party popper on the ground to get another one…and another, and another. They were fun to use on Wi-Fi with other friends, especially when your friends weren’t expecting an explosion in their face. Of course online play is no longer an option, so I didn’t feel the need to stockpile dozens of them. I did get a handful of them anyway, though. Of course, I had to test one out myself.

Me firing off a party popper outside of town hall.I won’t be around to watch the countdown timer reach zero at midnight tonight, but Fang seems to be expecting me there anyway.

Fang: You'll be there. I don't want to hear any excuses about you needing so-called sleep.Up by the museum, Friga told me she was trying to escape from reality. She must’ve had a bad year or something.

Friga: But I guess I'm kind of trying to escape from reality right now, too, so chill.When I circled back to town hall, I spoke with Broccolo. He said this is the day we put 2014 in pajamas and put it to bed. Sleep well, 2014.

Broccolo: Today's the day we put 2014 in pajamas, give it a teddy bear to cuddle, and put it to bed!I took a bus trip to the city, and got my fortune told by Katrina. She told me I would garner support from those who share my gender. Huh?

Katrina: During this shining time, you will garner support, especially from those who share your gender.So I rode the bus back to Forest and started looking for male villagers to see what they’d say. When Ed saw me, he pinged me. “Here we go,” I thought. But he was just telling me he wanted to move out of town!

Ed: I've talked it over with myself, and I decided to bail and move out of town.So supporting me means they want to get away from me? Go figure. At any rate, I didn’t try to stop him. If he wants to gallop away, go right ahead.

I looked for another male villager, and I soon found Broccolo once again. But there was absolutely nothing unusual about my conversation with him. I think Katrina is full of beans.

I want to wish you all a very Happy New Year! Be safe and have a great 2015! I’ll be back with another blog entry tomorrow, so I hope you’ll stop by again.