The Avengers

Monday (September 22nd) was Ankha’s birthday, and I headed over to her house for her party. I gave her a hyacinth lamp that I crafted for her. She loved it!

Ankha: Are you serious? You're GIVING me a hyacinth lamp?

Forest’s newest resident Kid Cat was also at the party.

Kid Cat: Today is Ankha's big day, psst. Everyone's in party-flex mode!

On Wednesday, Julian the unicorn was camping at the campsite for the third time. Even though I like him, I did not ask him to move in. But I did play a game with him, and I won a free rattan table lamp.

Julian, at the campsite: It's a diamond...and that's red!

The next day, I had a chat with Louie and he looked up at an odd angle. He was looking up at his double-sided wall clock, but it looked weird.

Louie: What? Are you checking out my double-sided wall clock?

Yesterday, I saw my two superheroes stretching outside of Resident Services. I joined in, and Peanut did as well. Watch out for us, we’re the Avengers. 😉

Agent S, Kid Cat, Jeff, and Peanut stretching outside of town hall.

Today, the final Bug-Off of the year was held. Static told me he was going to go all-out to win, but he’ll try to leave a few (small) bugs for me. 😛

Static: Enjoyin' the Bug-Off? I'm goin' all out this time. I'll try to leave a few for you, in my tail. Small ones.

Bones was taking a more laid-back approach.

Bones: I'm not too worried about how I do in the Bug-Off. I'll just wander around with a net catching everything I can!

I played one round of the competition, and I caught 12 bugs. That was good for 14 points.

Catching a tiger butterfly as the Bug-Off time expires.

I sold the 12 bugs for 4,260 bells, and then I redeemed 10 points for a spider doorplate. Since it’s almost October, I put that on my door. I moved my lucky horseshoe door decoration to inside my house.

After I sold my fossils and some other stuff, I had enough money to kick my savings balance up to a new milestone: 125 million bells.

Savings Balance: 125,000,000 bells.

Here are a few other quick notes about this week:

  • On Tuesday, I sold 18 bugs to Flick for 96,000 bells.
  • Wednesday, I sold 17 fish to C.J. for 181,350 bells.
  • I helped out Gullivarrr on Thursday, and he sent me another pirate bandanna.

Hospital Expanded

On Saturday, I grabbed five Nook Miles tickets and began my hunt for a new villager. I found Grizzly the bear on the first island. I had him in City Folk last year, and he’s alright…but not one of my favorites.

The 2nd island had Anchovy the bird, and the third island had Chevre the goat. I like Chevre, and Anchovy isn’t bad either… but if I’m using Nook Miles tickets, I want to get someone I really like a lot. I’d be okay with any of these three if I got them as a random move-in, but I want to at least try for one of my favorites.

Grizzly, Anchovy, and Chevre.

But on my 4th island, I found what I was looking for. One of my favorites: Kid Cat! I immediately asked him to move to Forest. 🙂

Kid Cat: Train with you? AND your glorious triceps? I can't turn that down. Forest, here I come!

You may remember that I had him as a camper last November. I actually wanted him to move in, but he would have replaced Static…and that was unacceptable. But I posted in the blog that maybe we’d meet again someday…and now we have! I’ve had him in City Folk and Wild World before, and I’m happy to have him on my ACNH island as well. 🙂

On Sunday, he arrived in town. Welcome to Forest, Kid Cat!

Kid Cat: Heh heh, thanks to you, I decided to move to this island and, uh... Well, here I am, psst!

I recently gave my other superhero a new catchphrase of “Wii Fit,” as a reference to this. And Sunday, she asked if I was subbing in for her dodgeball instructor in Wii Fit. 😆

Agent S: Oh! Are you subbing in for my rhythmic-dodgeball instructor today, in Wii Fit?

I went out to Lottie’s Island to work a shift at Paradise Planning. Chevre (the goat that I passed on the day before) wanted a vacation home where she could protect her assets. Her request was titled “World’s Safest Vault.” I picked a location where she was on an island, in a lake, on an island. Hopefully that will keep the burglars out. 😛

As for the yard, I didn’t do much to it. I added some money trees (so her money can grow) and a piggy bank.

The front yard for Chevre's vacation home and vault.

Indoors, I put some safes, a pile of cash, all locked behind jail bars. That’s basically her vault, but there’s also a reception counter so her house can function as a bank.

Chevre's bank vault in Happy Home Paradise (HHP).

When I got back to the office, Lottie paid me 20,000 Poki. That was enough to finish my donation to the hospital, and they can now expand. I have to return another day to finalize things, though.

Alright! We reached our donation goal!

On Monday, I got to see the inside of Kid Cat’s house now that he’s unpacked. He’s a jock, so it’s not surprising to see lots of workout equipment in here.

The inside of Kid Cat's house.

In honor of Kid Cat’s arrival, I put on a red zap suit.

Wearing a red zap suit.

I also placed an additional red zap helmet outside of Kid Cat’s house, to clearly mark which house is his. 😛

On Tuesday, I returned a lost item to Peanut and she rewarded me with her photo (again)! It’s only been about a month since she gave me the first one, so it’s surprising to get another one so soon.

On Thursday, I went up to Paradise Planning. Lottie informed me that the hospital can now put in a patient ward now that they’ve met their fundraising goal. Of course, that meant I had to design it. I put in three beds, some EKG machines, a few chairs, and some hospital screens to divide each patient’s area.

The new patient ward at the HHP hospital.

We took a celebratory photo, and then Lottie paid me 25,000 Poki for my time.

Lottie: You did it! You found a way to make Quack Doctors better!

Today, Ken was camping out at the campsite for the 2nd time. He’s pretty cool (for a chicken), but I wasn’t interested in kicking anyone out for him.

Ken: So far, I like what I'm seeing. 100 percent of Kens would rate this campground highly.

I recently posted my latest video, New Horizons Moments #36. I hope you’ll check it out!

And here are a few other quick notes about the past week or so:

  • Last Saturday, Merengue was sick with a cold. I gave her some medicine, and she rewarded me with an argyle sweater.
  • K.K. Slider performed “Hypno K.K.” for me and Louie last week.
  • I returned a lost item to Peanut, and she gave me a detective hat.
  • On Tuesday, I sold 8 fish to C.J. for exactly 102,000 bells.
  • Yesterday, June was sick with a cold. I gave her some medicine, and she thanked me by giving me a spinning wheel.
  • Tonight, K.K. Slider performed “K.K. Lullaby” for me, Bones, and Louie. 😴

Go With the Flow

I don’t know if I’ve mentioned this before, but I typically deposit bells in multiples of 10,000 bells each day when I visit Resident Services. So if I have 33,000 bells, for example, I’ll put 30k into savings and just carry the 3,000. But on Monday, I only had 26 bells leftover in my pockets. So when I went into the Roost to buy some coffee for a Nook Miles+ goal, I couldn’t afford it!

Brewster: Coo! You're a little short on cash... Sorry, but...I don't run tabs...

So I went back outside and shook a few trees until two of them gave me the bells I needed for my coffee. ☕

On Wednesday, I found Truffles the pig at the campsite. She was staring at me pretty intently. 😆

Truffles, at the campsite: Hi there! I'm Truffles! I'm here on a camping trip! You live on this island? Tres cool.

I already have Truffles in my Wild World town, and one Truffles is more than enough. Besides, I don’t want to hog up all the Truffles…es in the world. 🐷

Yesterday, Ketchup told me she wanted to go see the world to learn how to become famous.

Ketchup: I've got to see the world! I've got to learn how to be famous!

As much as I like Ketchup, I also don’t want my island to become stagnant. And Ketchup has had a nice long stay in Forest (3.5 years), so I decided to let her go…with the flow. (Sorry if this is a jarring revelation.)

Today, I went into her house for the last time to say goodbye. I’ll soon be all out of Ketchup.

Ketchup: I'm, like, low-key worried that everyone's going to suffer from Ketchup deficiency...

So long, Ketchup! I’ll miss you, but maybe we’ll meet again someday! Over burgers, perhaps.

Label was in town, and I realized I’ve been ignoring her for months. So I decided to check in with her for a change. She wanted to see me in something professional, like a work outfit. She gave me a western shirt to use as an example, but I instead went with a pilot’s uniform and captain’s hat. Label loved it, and she gave me some Labelle tights.

Label hands me some tights.

Anyway, I’ll have to go villager hunting tomorrow. I’ll probably do my usual thing: I’ll take five (or so) Nook Miles tickets and see if I can find anyone good. If not, I may roll the dice and risk a random villager. I’ll be posting a new New Horizons Moments video soon, so maybe I’ll reveal my next villager there. Keep an eye out for that!

Here are a few other quick notes about this week:

  • On Sunday, Wisp gave me a DJ’s turntable.
  • Monday, I sold 16 bugs (mostly wasps) to Flick for exactly 75,000 bells.
  • On Tuesday, I sold 8 fish to C.J. for 112,125 bells.
  • I helped Gulliver out on Wednesday, and he sent me a turban in the mail.