It was raining in town today, and Keaton was out in the rain for an odd reason: He said he was method acting, playing a guy who forgot his umbrella.
I found a lost item (a bag) on the ground, so I investigated. The bag had buttons and pins of different pop stars, so I knew it either belonged to Agent S or Apple. I took it to Agent S, and sure enough, it was hers!
She was thrilled to have it back, and she said I deserved a totally fab reward. So she gave me…a sweatshirt. Oof. Haven’t I earned her photo by now?
K.K. Slider was in town, and he played one of the worst K.K. songs: K.K. Song. Tia, Midge, and Hornsby joined me in suffering through this song, in the rain.
Alex from Pawnee invited me over to his town tonight, so I headed over about 9:15. His friend Megan joined in, as did Logan. Apparently Jj and Nami were also trying to join in, but they couldn’t. So Alex tried ending the session and reopening. I waited several minutes and then returned. But it was still the same issue: Logan and Megan could enter, but not Jj or Nami.
Anyway, Alex showed us his new ruins on the beach. It reminded me of some areas in The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild. 😛
He pitfall’d me there, and Logan pitfall’d me a bit later on. 😛
And to think I’ve been nice and haven’t been using (many) pitfall seeds lately. Maybe I need to start again. 😛
Alex had a number of Halloween decorations and horror scenes around Pawnee, including this one featuring an evil doll and an axe.
After Megan left and the rest of us went for a swim, we went over to Alex’s house. His main room was decorated in spooky furniture, and there was even a scary movie on TV!
Around 11:00, I returned home. Thanks for the fun, Alex, Logan, and Megan!
Last night, Celeste was in town for a meteor shower. She gave me a D.I.Y. recipe for a star pochette.
Today, I had a camper at the campsite. And just in time for Halloween, it was Elise the frightening monkey. She looks uglier than ever in New Horizons.
Hornsby asked me to play a treasure hunt game, but he only gave me three minutes (instead of the usual six). It took me about a minute and 20 seconds to find the item near Midge’s house; it was an anorak jacket.
Shortly after 10:00 tonight, I opened my gate for Friday Night Forest. Alex from A-Nation, Timo, Ros, Crazy Redd Alex from Pawnee, and Logan came over.
After everyone browsed through the free recipes, we headed over to the graveyard. I set up some stools so that we could all be buried alive. Falling into holes like this is something we hadn’t done in a while, and I figured Halloween was a good time to bring it back. 🙂
Buried alive!
We then headed over to the Halloween race course for a tournament. Even though I didn’t properly explain my plan at the start, the first two people to finish from each round would advance to the finals.
Alex, Alex, Logan, and Ros competed in the first race. Crazy Redd (Alex from Pawnee) was the winner, and right as he won, Xavier came over. Alex from A-Nation finished second, so both Alexes qualified for the finals.
In the second round, it was me, Timo, Xavier…and we had room for one more, so Alex from A-Nation took the other spot. Looking back, it should have been Logan or Ros taking that extra spot, since Alex had already qualified for the finals. I wasn’t paying enough attention. Sorry, Logan and Ros!
This was my first time competing in the race, but I still had home-field advantage. 😛 I utilized a technique that nobody had used in previous races: I filled in my first hole with my feet. Even though it slows you a bit down at the start, it saves more time at the end, because you don’t have to fall into it on the way back.
Even though Timo got back to the start first, I was first to drop my skeleton. But both of us advanced to the finals. 😛
In the finals, I actually finished first. Even though I enjoyed racing on the course, I know it doesn’t seem fair for me to win on my own course that I designed. 😛 So I gave the “champion” title to Crazy Redd, who was hot on my tail. Afterwards, we took some photos on the course.
After everyone went to meet Elise, we also went to say hi to Bones. A couple people got locked out because Bones “went to sleep” at 11:00 (even though some of us were inside talking to him).
We went to the graveyard to fall into holes again (since Xavier didn’t get to do it the first time), and then we played a sumo tournament. In the finals, Xavier beat me for the win.
Alex from A-Nation left, but the rest of us played a six-player round of sumo. Timo was the winner of that one.
After some wand-waving, net-sprinkling, swimming, and Jeff-killing, Logan left for the night. I wondered if any of my villagers were crafting, and Xavier told me that Tia was crafting. I went to Tia’s house, but her lights were off and she was sleeping. Very funny, Xavier. Or at least, that’s what I thought…until I saw Alex and Timo go inside!
This isn’t the same as what happened at Bones’s house earlier. There, some of us just happened to get inside right before he locked his door at 11:00. But here, it wasn’t the top of the hour, and her house was open for everyone but me.
Around 12:30, I ended the session for the night. Thanks to all who came, it was fun! 🙂 Have a great weekend and I’ll see you next time!
This morning, I caught my first Venus’ flower basket. It’s quite a unique looking creature!
Of course, I donated it to the museum.
Saharah was in town, so I bought most of her items this evening. That included a strawberry-chocolate wall, natural wooden-deck rug, yellow kilim-style carpet, and a train-station flooring.
Able Sisters had all three colors of the cavalier shirts, so I bought the blue one I needed. I’m still wearing my referee outfit for now, though. It may or may not be my Halloween costume.
Rizzo told me a good story. He said that when he first started out with D.I.Y. crafting, he once hit his finger with the hammer! And then he dropped the hammer on his toe! 😀 I wish I had been around to see that!
Speaking of crafting, I did a little of that myself today. I made Bones the perfect gift: a bone doorplate! Actually, it would be perfect for any dog. But that fact that his name is Bones makes it doubly perfect. 😛
In return, he gave me a tuna-sushi costume…which was not quite as perfect. 😛
October is winding down, so I need to be thinking about my Halloween island tour video! I still want to add a couple more small attractions first, though. I have a couple ideas in mind, but I’ll have to figure out if I have enough free pattern design slots for everything I want to do.
Reminder for people on my Switch friend roster: I am planning on having Friday Night Forest this week. Wear a costume if you’d like.
