Wasted Fruit

Mom sent me a letter today, talking about a fruit-only diet. She encouraged me to try it (she sent a cherry attached to the letter). In the spirit of her letter, I decided to eat the cherry instead of selling it. I don’t need the 500 bells that badly, after all.

Dear Jeff, Have you heard of the fruit-only diet? You can eat as much as you want and not gain an ounce! You should try it! -Mom

But moments later, I realized something. Forest doesn’t have any cherry trees! That may have been my first cherry, and I usually try to plant my first one of each foreign fruit so that I’ll have at least one tree of each type. Forest doesn’t have any cherry trees or peach trees. Oops! Well, maybe I’ll get another one someday. 😆

I visited Derwin, and he asked if I could make my house a little more cool. That’s kind of rude…but I suppose I could ask the same of him!

Derwin: Don't you think you could make your house a little more...cool?

Next, I visited Chief. He asked me to guess how he was feeling, and I guessed that was he was doing fine. That was correct, apparently because he just ate a bunch of garlic? 😆

Chief: Well, I did just eat a bunch of garlic.
The smell of victory is in the air.

For answering correctly, he rewarded me with a pep squad shirt.

The last fireworks festival of the year was held tonight, and Tortimer gave me a sparkler.

Tortimer: Tonight's the last Fireworks Show of the summer, sprout!

Frobert wasn’t taking the news very well about tonight being the last fireworks show of the summer.

Frobert: What?! Today's the last day of the Fireworks Show?!

He even said his life is meaningless without colorful explosions! Wow.

Frobert: But my life is meaningless without colorful explosions, fribbit..

Fortunately, fireworks don’t force K.K. Slider to cancel his show in this game. (I’m looking at you, New Horizons.) So I went down to the Roost, and the singing dog performed “K.K. Ska” for me.

K.K.: All right, get ready to dig the riffs on this ditty: K.K. Ska!

Over at town hall, I found a red bar shirt in the recycle bin. After that, I wrapped up my game for the night.

Mayor Eats Duck

Tonight, Derwin told me that Mayor Tortimer’s favorite food is Peking duck! The fact that Derwin is a duck himself is what makes this so shocking.

Derwin: Umm... So, the mayor's favorite food is Peking Duck?

And at first, I thought it was just a coincidence that a duck mentions the mayor’s favorite food being duck. It probably just lists any random food, right? There are plenty of lines throughout the series that do exactly that. So I thought that the same thing was happening here…until Derwin continued. He made it clear that it really creeped him out, and he even cried!

Derwin: Why!?! That's sooo creepy, derrrr!

Why would that be so creepy otherwise? Is a duck going to cry if Tortimer ate a fish or a steak? I don’t think so. So I believe this must have been an intentional choice. Regardless, it’s another great bit of dialogue in a game full of interesting writing. 👍

Anyway, Chief was hoping to find a moth for his niece, who is really into collecting bug specimens. So he asked if I’d like to compete to see who could catch one first. Since moths are usually pretty easy to find at night, I agreed to the contest.

Chief: You can help, sparkles! Just look out for a moth.

And sure enough, it only took me about 25 seconds to find one hanging out near Pippy’s house. I caught it, and took it back to Chief. He wasn’t happy about losing to me, but he rewarded me with a checkered tile.

Chief: And I lost to sparkles of all people? That's just sad.

I found a note in a bottle, and it was written from a big brother to a little brother. He said he was going home next month, and he encourages the younger brother to come home too.

To my little brother, I'm going home later this month and you should come, too. Mom worries! -Your big brother

Saharah was in town, and she asked me to deliver a rug to Pelly. It was too late for Pelly to be at work, but Phyllis accepted the package instead. She just didn’t seem happy about it…not that she’s ever happy about anything.

Phyllis: Well, I guess I should say thanks. Uh, thanks. (Get outta here! Sheesh!)

Saharah also asked me to deliver a carpet to Blathers. Once I was done, Saharah rewarded me with an ancient wall.

Saharah: Done! It is finally done! Thank you so much for your help, friend!

Pippy was packed up to move out of town, but I talked her out of moving (after three attempts). I don’t want her to leave anytime soon.

It looks like I forgot to embed my latest Wild World video episode into last week’s entry, but here is episode 88 if you haven’t seen it yet:

Roundness

Yesterday, Angus got mad and defensive because of something he thinks that I think about him. Even though he’s wrong.

Angus: Hey! I bet you think I don't have many friends, huh. Well, macmoo!

He thinks that I think that he doesn’t have many friends. The thought has never crossed my mind, and I wouldn’t judge him for that anyway. But he said that I was wrong, as usual. 🙄

Angus: Well, you're wrong, as usual! Sure, Pippy and I are like oil and water, but...

Aside from not getting along with Pippy, he said that all his other relationships are…delicious? Weird bull.

Angus: ...all my other relationships are like oil and vinegar! Delicious, macmoo!

The bulletin board had a “Talking to Myself” post that it seems I’ve never shared on the blog before. It’s about a spicy chili pepper called “The Birdseye.”

-Talking to Myself- There's a kind of spicy chili pepper called The Birdseye... I'm really scared of it!

I played again tonight, and the fireworks festival was underway. Derwin told me that the fireworks always look round, regardless of which angle you see them from.

Derwin: Hey, sparkles? Have you noticed that fireworks look round from every angle?

He said he could identify with that. I think he’s calling himself fat?

Derwin: I can totally identify, derrrr!

Angus was talking about “roundness” too, but not in a self-deprecating way. Instead, he was calling me fat! He said I look like I could roll faster than I could run!

Angus: Actually, you look like you'd roll faster than you'd run. Ooh, snap!

I’m starting to regret saving him from moving last week. Even though I was trying to give the guy a chance, he’s really been a jerk so far.

Frobert said that watching stuff blow up in the sky can make you forget all your troubles. If only that was true. 😛

Frobert: Watching stuff blow up in the sky just makes you forget about your troubles.

I went down to the Roost at the museum, and K.K. Slider performed “K.K. Bossa” for me. It’s a classic!

K.K.: All right, get ready to dig the riffs on this ditty: K.K. Bossa!

Shortly after that, I went to town hall and found a high-end stereo in the recycle bin. Finding a quality music player for free? Now that’s a sound investment! 🎵