Month: August 2017

As I started up the game tonight, I immediately noticed that my house was larger. A room on the right has been added.

I caught a fish from the ocean, and I was a bit surprised to find that it was a jellyfish! Even though I knew from other Animal Crossing games that jellyfish show up in the second half of August, I had forgotten about them. Until I caught this little guy, of course.

If you need to catch a jellyfish in any of the first three Animal Crossing games, be sure to do it before the end of the month. (Jellyfish can’t be caught in New Leaf).

When I went into Nookington’s, Tom Nook talked about my latest house expansion. He said it was wondrous…and then he said I owe him 848,000 bells. Ouch.

The third fireworks festival of the year was going on tonight, and Tortimer gave me a roman candle. Meanwhile, Hopper seemed a bit scared by the fireworks.

There was a new “Talking to Myself” post on the bulletin board, and it was about salsa, of all things.

Puddles was packed up and ready to move out of town. But despite talking to her many times, I was having trouble getting a response from her that sounded like she would stay. But I did get her to say this…

I wasn’t sure that would save her…until I looked at my previous pictures I’ve saved. Apparently she’s said the same thing twice before, so I think she’s probably safe now.

I then went to the museum to donate my jellyfish, and I also headed downstairs for some music. K.K. Slider performed Soulful K.K. for me, which starts out just like “Lean on Me.”

Over by town hall, Baabara showed me another strange letter she received. I want to meet whoever is trolling Baabara with these letters. 😀

I found today’s money rock, caught some yummy valuable summer bugs (including a scorpion), and then made a 40,000 bell mortgage payment before wrapping up my night.

By the way, if you haven’t yet seen Episode 9 of my ACWW series on Youtube, here it is. I forgot to embed it in the last blog entry (or two). 😛

When I visited Kiki tonight, she told me she put a ton of fish tanks in her room.

She believes that her room finally looks like a professional aquarium.

So I took a step back to look at her huge collection of fish…

Um, Kiki? You have one eel.

Today is Rod’s birthday, so I had him in mind when I went shopping. I nearly bought a toilet for him at Nookington’s, but then I decided to be nice and buy him a jack-in-the-box instead. Even though it was 4,124 bells.

I wasn’t sure if Rod would like it, but I went over to his house and gave it a shot.

He seemed to like it quite a bit. He even called it a killer gift and thanked me by giving me a cabin wall.

Baabara was also there to help Rod celebrate. I bet Rod’s birthday wish is that Baabara would just leave. 😛

A new message of the week was posted on the bulletin board, and it’s an odd one.

I found another note in a bottle on the beach, and it contained a horoscope. Apparently, the stars say I’m going to be a tree shaker. I think they’re barking up the wrong tree.

I went over to town hall and paid off the remaining 20,000 bells on my mortgage.

Tom Nook confirmed that he will expand my house tomorrow morning. I chose sky blue as my roof color this time.

And last but not least, I found Pascal on the beach. I spoke with him, and he gave me a ship cannon…and some words of wisdom.

He then jumped into the ocean and swam away. Sea you later!

As I started up the game this afternoon, Lyle was bugging me to fill out another questionnaire. I was not interested, so I told him I was busy and went on my way.

So I headed over to Nookington’s to sell everything in my pockets from last time. I then noticed that Tom Nook had some new dialogue for me. He said even though he was born in Forest, he spent part of his life in the big city. While there, he had to endure some hardships that he hasn’t spoken of before.

But he didn’t want to go into any more detail just yet. Perhaps he’ll save that for a future discussion.

Outside, Kiki was talking about the crawfish, and how it’s in season now. She even told me how to catch one.

I thought she was asking me for one, so I went and caught one. But when I returned to her, she wanted to race to see who could catch an eel first. Ugh, whatever. Well, Big Top was asking me for a crawfish, so I gave it to him. He gave me a ranch bed in return.

I still went on and caught an eel for Kiki. She gave me a brown drum for it.

I found a note in a bottle on the beach, which is the first one I’ve seen lately. Inside, I found a note from…my conscience? 😛

I caught a new bug today: the walker cicada!

As I entered Static’s house, I spotted another bug I needed. It was an orchid mantis on a flower outside his house. Of course, it was gone by the time I came back outside, and I didn’t find another one today. I’ll have to keep an eye out for that in the future.

Rod was all packed up and ready to move out of town. I kept talking to him to tell him to stay, and eventually he said he lost his passport. That’s the same thing that Bill said to me last October, and he stayed, so I think Rod is safe for now.

I’m not sure why, but Hopper told me I was snail-like.

I donated the walker cicada to the museum, sold some stuff, and then did some fishing and bug-hunting. I kept going until I had 100,000 bells to put towards my mortgage. After paying it, I now only owe 20,000 more bells! I should be able to do that next time.

Later on, I returned to the game to see a bit of the fireworks festival.

I had a chat with Tortimer over by town hall, and he was acting a bit strange. 😛

After I got a roman candle and a sparkler from him, he offered to give me my fortune. I wasn’t expecting that. But I accepted it, and this is what it said:

After setting off my roman candle, I made my way over to the Roost. There, K.K. Slider performed The K. Funk for me.