Lyle is Stalking Me!

Lyle met me outside of my house again today. I already paid him 3,000 bells last week, so this dude needs to leave me alone! He wanted me to fill out a questionnaire. I told him I was busy, and he wasn’t happy about that.

Lyle: Oh, you're bustin' my chops here, just BUSTIN' 'em! Why you wanna go and do that?When I stepped into Hopper’s house, I saw he was packed up and ready to move out of town. His dialogue indicated that he’s not a fan of Baabara. Anyone that dislikes Baabara can’t be that bad.

Hopper: Huh? Oh, Jeff, it's you. I thought it was Baabara. What a relief.So I kept telling him to stay in town, and eventually, he agreed to reconsider.

Today was La-Di-Day once again, where villagers can propose new town tunes. Even though I’m not the mayor in Wild World, I have the ability to choose which of their songs will win. Static told me he prepared for this day by screaming at random people.

Static: I've been practicing screaming at random people to improve my vocal power!
That’s classic Static.

I caught my first grasshopper outside, and Rod applauded the effort.

I caught a grasshopper! No vacationing for these guys, even in the summer!I also caught my first pondskater, which was walking on a nearby pond. So I took my new catches to the museum, where Blathers was talking about shaving the pondskater’s feet.

Blathers: I daresay, I cannot think of a worse job than being the shaver of insect feet.When I circled back around to my house, Lyle came out from behind my house and started following me! He’s just stalking me now! I need to file a restraining order against him.

Lyle follows me around in Animal Crossing: Wild World (ACWW) for Nintendo DS, as played on the Wii U Virtual Console.Even though lots of animals were talking about La-Di-Day, Big Top was the only one who actually sang a song for me. I went ahead and hired him, just to be nice.

Big Top: Huh huh huh! Yahoo! I guess this means I'm topping the town tune chart!

When I visited Kiki, I saw that she is finally over her cold. But she didn’t give me a reward or even thank me, even though I bought medicine for her five times!

Once I was done making my rounds, I did a little more fishing and bug-catching. But unfortunately, I didn’t catch anything else new. I made a 30,000 bell mortgage payment at town hall and then wrapped up my evening.

Completing the Fossil Exhibit

Kiki was still sick, so I gave her some medicine for the 5th straight time! Maybe it’s time to admit she’s dying and just say goodbye. After she drank the medicine, she said she could feel the toxins draining from her body.

Kiki: Ahhh... I can feel all the toxins draining from my body...But then she said, maybe it’s just the snot! 😮 OMG, Kiki!

Kiki: At least, I think it's the toxins...but maybe it's snot.I found Dr. Shrunk in town, and he taught me the blankness emotion. It’s the emotion where the wind blows and a brown leaf blows by. It’s the same emotion that’s called “cold chill” in New Leaf, and “disinterest” in City Folk. I wonder why they keep changing the name. *blank face*

Shrunk: Wonderful! You've learned how to express blankness!

Summer nights are good for bug-catching, so I kept my eyes out for new bugs. I ended up catching four new kinds: a fruit beetle, a saw stag beetle, an elephant beetle, and a hercules beetle!

I caught a hercules beetle!

Since it was raining, I also did some fishing…mainly hoping to find a coelacanth. I never caught one, but I catch one new fish: a puffer fish.

I also fished out four pieces of trash! That included an old boot, an old tire, and two old tin cans. I put it all into the recycle bin at town hall.

Four pieces of trash I fished out of the waters in town, as seen in the recycle bin in ACWW.While I was there, I also made a 20,000 bell mortgage payment.

Anyway, I took my new catches over to the museum. Five new donations is a really good night, right? But it got better…

I only found one fossil in town tonight. But that one fossil turned out to be a parasaur skull. Not only did that complete the parasaur, but it completed the entire fossil exhibit at the museum!

Blathers: Ah. Hoo. Did I spit on you? I rarely get to cut loose like that, wot? I'm an owl.Blathers: You know what this means?! The fossil exhibit is now complete, wot!This is only the first section of the museum to be completed, but I’m still quite happy to be done with it. The other sections will likely take many months, and maybe even years for the art collection. But all in all, I’d say it was a pretty good night. 🙂

Lyle the Thief

I was surprised to find Lyle outside my house today as I started up the game. He had some questions for me. First, he asked what day I’d prefer Crazy Redd to visit. Saturday wasn’t an option, so I picked Tuesday. He then started asking some grim questions about insurance.

Lyle: Q. If hurt or sick, I have a plan for the inevitable, awful outcome.After answering his questions, he told me I needed insurance right now.

Lyle: You need insurance. Not tomorrow. Not next week. Now. Right now.He told me it would just cost me 3,000 bells. Since I don’t see how insurance would do any good in a video game (especially one in which you can’t actually get sick or die), I said no. So he said he would knock the price down to 3,000 bells (the same price) and asked me again. I said no, and he just kept repeating the same shtick. Over and over, I said no. Ten times!

Lyle: Now you gotta sign, right? Right! Sign it. On the line. Right now. Do it. Do it now.
Yeah, no pressure or anything.

Clearly the game was forcing me to buy it, so I had no choice. He stole my money. I never really understood while people seemed to hate Lyle, but now I get it. He’s a thief.

Anyway, July is here now. So there are new types of insects and fish available. While I didn’t do a whole lot of fishing and bug-catching, I did do a little. My new catches included an evening cicada, a sweetfish, and a walkingstick.

I caught a walkingstick! It's a walking...stick?
That’s not a mustache, it’s a mosquito just under my nose.

Kiki was still sick, so I gave her medicine once again. But she needs to get over it already.

The flea market was held today, and Hopper told me to peruse his priceless artifacts. I thought he was going for alliteration until he said artifacts.

Hopper: Peruse my priceless artifacts, now!He should have said “peruse my priceless possessions, promptly.” 😛 But he wasn’t interested in selling me his fish, so I just left.

A message posted on the bulletin board said that the rainy season will end by mid-July.

I ran into Rod by the museum, and he told me I could always talk to him if I have any issues. “After all, we’re photo pals,” he said. That’s pretty cool.

Rod: After all, we're photo-pals!Inside the museum, I donated my new catches. Blathers informed me that the sweetfish is not actually sweet, and still tastes fishy.

Blathers: Indeed, if you expect some sort of lollipop in fish-form, you will be horrified!I wrapped up my evening at town hall, where I made a 30,000 bell mortgage payment.

Here’s my latest Wild World video, showing some of the more interesting happenings since March.