Gulliver sent me my reward in the mail today; it was a veil.
This is why I don’t like Gulliver any more.
A lot of my villagers were asking me for favors. In fact, I completed five favors today, which may be a personal record for me. This is what I did:
Took medicine to a sick Bones.
Delivered a present from Tia to Hornsby.
Returned a lost item to Rizzo.
Caught a yellow perch for Agent S.
Caught a wharf roach for Tia.
My totals displayed on the “Smile Isle” achievement card (whatever it’s called) climbed from 73 to 78 on the day. My rewards were a dance-team jacket from Bones, a cafe uniform from Hornsby, a student cap from Rizzo, a jumper work suit from Agent S, and a bicycle helmet from Tia: all clothing items. Not a single piece of furniture, let alone a villager photo!
When I put some money into the bank, my account balance reached 10 million bells for the first time. I’m not sure if the game has any long-term saving goals, but it would be hard to imagine it not having any…since all the previous games did. I should find out tomorrow if there’s a reward for 10 million.
Label was at the plaza today, and she wanted to see me wearing some “vacation” clothes. She gave me a “fischerhemd” as an example, but that didn’t help me much.
wut
I had no idea what to wear with it, so I didn’t even go back to my house to check for clothes in storage. I just put on the top she gave me and spoke with her again. It wasn’t good enough for her, but that’s what I figured. Oh well. Maybe I’ll do better next time.
Yesterday, I learned the D.I.Y. recipe for a garden bench from a message bottle. I don’t have many bench recipes that actually look like benches, so I made a couple of them. I used one to replace a public bench at the amusement park, and the other one to replace the bamboo bench near Midge’s house. I think it looks better now!
Able Sisters had some impish horns for sale, so I bought them even though it doesn’t exactly go with my referee outfit. 😛 I guess I can be Jeff the evil ref now. 😛
Rizzo had the nerve to say that Forest is going overboard with the pumpkin decorations! Too bad! You better get used to it, pumpkin.
Wisp was in town, and I collected his spirits for him. When I finished, he gave me a down jacket as my reward.
Today (Monday), Gulliver was in town. Once he realized he wasn’t in space, he asked me to find the five pieces of his communicator for him.
Of course, I helped him out. He’ll be sending me a gift in the mail tomorrow.
Midge also asked me for a favor: She wanted me to catch a ribbon eel for her. I don’t like turning down requests, especially from villagers who haven’t given me their photo yet. 😉 So I told her I’d catch that eel for her.
I went diving (just to earn some Nook Miles), and Pascal showed up when I found a scallop. He asked if I ever wondered what kind of museum I’ll end up in someday. That’s kinda dark, Pascal.
Wisp was in town again tonight (that’s two nights in a row). When I gave him his spirits, he handed me a brown botanical-tile wall.
I went fishing for Midge’s eel, and it took me much longer than I expected. But I did eventually catch it. In return, Midge gave me…a shirt with camera. Oof.
Random note: I have been getting two furniture items from trees again. I’m not sure what happened for a while there, but I’m glad things are back to normal. 🎁🎁
Yesterday, Gullivarrr sent me my reward in the mail: a pirate wall.
One of the day’s fossils, and the glowing spot, were inside my Halloween maze. It wasn’t too hard to get to them though, because I can just (temporarily) remove the hedges to get to the right spots quickly. 😛
The daily message bottle was nearly hidden behind a cliff. But I found it and learned how to make a signpost. I’ve had the angled signpost recipe for many months, and I guess I didn’t even realize there was a regular, non-angled one. 😛
My pumpkin crop gave me just barely enough pumpkins to make the spooky towers I needed to finish my Halloween race course. Here’s a look at the tower area, with the entrance to the hedge maze in the background.
Tybalt asked me for a new catchphrase, and I told him to say “it’s scary.”
I got my first look inside of Bones’s house, and it’s a book-lover’s dream! Bones is apparently quite the bookworm!
Today, I found a lost item on the ground, and it mentioned “xtreme xercises.” Yet again, the lost item belongs to a jock. I asked Tybalt about it, and he told it was Louie’s book. When I gave it to Louie (inside Nook’s Cranny), he thanked me and gave me a western shirt.
K.K. Slider was in town, and he performed K.K. Rally for me, Rizzo, and Tia.
After that, I went diving and found a scallop on my first dive. Pascal popped up, gave me a pearl, and talked about stew, his friend Stew, and Stew’s stew.
Around 9:15, I posted on Twitter asking for contestants to participate in my Halloween race. Maria, Bran, Jet, and Jac came over. After they checked my free recipe area and shopped, we headed over to the course and I explained the rules. I was Jeff the ref, of course. 😛 Here is the video that shows how the race went:
After the winner collected the prize, I asked if they wanted to race again just for fun. (I’m not mentioning who won, just because I want you all to watch the video to see what happened, lol.)
But to make things fair in round #2, I had them switch sides this time. I actually goofed up by neglecting to reset the scarecrows, so I let that requirement slide (they all went back there anyway).
Jet and Bran both arrived at the finish line ahead of Maria, but Maria was able to drop her skeleton on the square first, while Bran was still in his menu and Jet dropped his item on the wrong spot. It was a very close finish!
Those leaf piles are actually placed there to help avoid the items being dropped in the wrong place. But I think Jet was standing too far back when he dropped it.
After that, I reset the race again and posted the Dodo Code on Twitter so anyone else could join. Dawn, Rhiannon, and Yadiel came over. The three of them, and Jet, participated in the last race of the night. Jet won easily, which isn’t surprising considering it was his third race and all of his opponents were new to the race. But congrats on the win regardless, Jet! 🙂
He won by such a large margin that I had to go back up to see what happened to everyone else! I wondered if they got lost! 😂 It is quite tricky on your first attempt though. Rhiannon finished next, so she was the winner of the new players that round. After the race, we took a group photo.
I then gave everyone a tour of my island. Even though Maria and Bran had been to my town multiple times before, the others had not. We went into some of the villagers’ homes to visit them, but that resulted in a lot of lag and loading times. But we also experienced some bad lag outdoors too, particularly at the campsite.
After excessively using our wands in Tia’s house, we took another group photo at Pumpkin Park.
Shortly after that, we concluded the tour. Jac showed us something in the museum, where the mischief emotion shows up as a square from a distance. Someone disconnected, so I quickly wrapped it up and said goodbye to everyone before anyone else could join in (since I was done for the night anyway).
Thanks to everyone who came tonight, it was fun! 🙂 See you next time, and have a good weekend!
