Jeff's New Horizons Blog

The first fireworks festival of the summer was held today, and I picked up some items from Redd. He has some new treats this year, including cotton candy, frozen treats, and boba tea!

These are more like the treats in New Leaf, in that you can actually eat (or drink) them up after a few uses. But keep in mind that they count as food, so you can destroy your rocks if you hit them with a shovel after eating or drinking.

Isabelle gave me a bulb bopper to wear, so I put it on. At 9:30, I opened up my gate. Jac came over, and surprisingly, he was the only one…at least for the first 20 minutes.

At the plaza, I was dressed as King Tut, and I fell on my face immediately after waving! I wasn’t even walking, let alone running! I’ve never seen that before!

At 9:50, Bran came over to join in. T. Zelda also tried to join in a bit later, but we all got disconnected. So I reopened, and T. Zelda, Jac, Sacky, and Bran came over. TZ shared some of Redd’s treats, so thanks, TZ! We sat at the oasis as we enjoyed some fireworks, treats, and bean-tossing.

After a little while, it said that someone quietly left. But when I checked to see who it was, I saw that two people actually left: TZ and Sacky (at the same time). The three of us remaining did some diving, and then Sacky returned about 10:30.

I suggested a couple of King Tut races, so Bran, Jac, and I competed. (Sacky did not join in.) I actually won both races, and I figured it must’ve been due to home-tomb advantage. 😛

We then had a diving competition, and I beat Bran 20-19. My last catch happened with just three seconds to spare, so it was super close! Jac had 13 points, and Sacky did not participate.

Jac suggested a sumo match, and I had just enough pitfalls for one round. Jac, Bran, and I competed, and Bran was the winner. Congrats, Bran!

MaryAnn then came over, and we headed to the plaza. My villagers appeared to be all lined up for Redd!

Four of us were dressed as Mario at one point, and one Mario trapped two of the others on the bleacher seats above the sumo ring. That Mario (who may have been me) revealed his true identity: Wario!

I stayed on until midnight, when we watched the grand finale at Peach Park.

I had a good time, so thank you to everyone who came!

However, I feel like I need an extended break from online play for a while. So Friday Night Forest is discontinued until further notice.

On Thursday, Gullivarrr sent me my latest reward, a pirate rug. It’s the rug that looks like a treasure map. Out of habit, I put it in storage, even though I think it’s identical to the one I already had in storage.

Wisp was in town, and he gave me a mobile for returning his five spirits. Flick was also hanging around, so I sold him eight bugs for 75,000 bells.

Today was my character’s birthday, so Bones kidnapped me and forced me into his house. Midge and Tybalt were also there, and they forced me to celebrate by blowing out candles on my birthday cake. I also had to hit a pinata with a stick.

After a couple minutes, my kidnappers finally let me go.

At the plaza, K.K. Slider performed K.K. Birthday for me. Agent S was also in attendance.

When I visited Bones again later, he said we should be friends forever, if I don’t have anything else on my schedule. That’s so cute! It almost makes me forget about the whole kidnapping incident. 😛 (But not quite.)

I’ll be opening up my gate for people on my friend roster tomorrow night for the fireworks festival. I think I’ll open about 9:30 p.m. EDT, which is half an hour earlier than my usual FNF time.

Celeste was in town Monday night, and she gave me a new DIY recipe for a lunar lander.

I later made one for my space room upstairs.

Yesterday, C.J. was in town. He wanted me to catch three big-time fish in a row, so I caught two black bass and a carp to complete the challenge. I then grabbed five fish (mostly sharks) out of storage and sold them to C.J. in Peach Park for 75,000 bells.

Today, I found a lost item on the King Tut race course. It turned out to be Eloise’s planner, and she gave me some coveralls with arm covers to thank me for returning it.

Gullivarrr was today’s special visitor. I went diving for his communicator, and I found it on my first dive! He called his buddies to be rescued, but in the meantime, he had nothing to do but practice his “mean” face. 😛

Midge told me that a dragonfly whizzed past her window today, and it startled her so much that she squished the apple in her hand! She was surprised by her own strength, and she thought she could be a danger to others…in the sky. 😛

The latest game update went live tonight. It (re-)adds the fireworks festivals for this year, as well as some upcoming seasonal items we’ll get over the next couple months. But I didn’t notice any immediate changes, except for a new post to the bulletin board reminding us of the fireworks festival coming up on Sunday.

There will again be five fireworks festivals this year.