Derwin Duck

Yesterday, I found a new house in the southwest corner of town, where Drift lived last year. My newest neighbor is Derwin the duck (not to be confused with Darkwing Duck). I don’t particularly like him.

Derwin: The sun at dusk is so fiery and neat looking... It's amazing, derrrr.

I found Pascal down by the beach, standing out in the rain. I guess he doesn’t mind getting wet since he hangs out in the water a lot anyway. He shared his thoughts about an anemone, and how the word is tricky to say (and spell). I have to agree with him on this one. 😛

Pascal: Oh, maaannn, anemone is a hard word to say. It's even harder to spell.
It’s like a one-word tongue twister.

When I visited Marina, she asked me if her outfit was hot or not. I told her it was hot, and she thought I was just flattering her because I wanted something from her. Oof.

Marina: You think so? You're just flattering me! You must want something from me!

But she took it a step further and said she’s not even sure if she can wear the outfit any more, because I made her feel self-conscious about it! Wow.

Marina: Oh! Now I'm all self-conscious! I don't know if I can wear this again!

Today, I found a note in a bottle on the beach. It was from a hungry day trader who thought they were going to get rich in the stalk market…until they ate their turnips! Oops!

A Confession: I'm gonna make a killing on turnips! Or so I thought, until I ate them. Heh heh heh... -A Hungry Day Trader
Who’s this from? Wall Street Wendell?

Truffles asked me to deliver a letter to Derwin, but then we realized my letter section was full. So I cleared out some letters and spoke with her again. She still wanted a letter delivered, but this time it was to Frobert!

Truffles: This letter... Could you take it to Frobert at the speed of light?

I hopped over to Frobert’s pad and gave him the letter. He thought it was hilarious, but I didn’t quite see the humor in it.

Dear Frobert, That letter was so sweet! You're the best! Rap reminds me of the good old days! -Truffles

When I returned to Truffles, she rewarded me with a cabin wall.

Over at town hall, I found a writing desk in the recycle bin. It was perfectly fine, so I wonder why someone wrote it off. ✍️

Not My Day

Yesterday, I was shocked (and horrified) to find a goodbye letter from Filbert in the mail. He left without warning. 🙁

Oh, by the way, Jeff, Oh, hey! When I moved out of Forest, I took a tile from the plaza... Was Tortimer mad? I'm nervous! -Filbert

He had become my favorite villager in town, and it’s incredibly sad to see him go. 🙁

Yay Day is coming up on Sunday, and Pippy said that she would have to come up with something nice to say about me that was believable.

Pippy: I'm gonna have to come up with something nice to say about you that's believable.
I can just feel the love.

I apparently neglected to keep up with the time, because a UFO flew by and I was not prepared for it. I was all the way down by the beach, so I had a long way to run to chase after it. Despite my best efforts, I was not able to catch up to it in time.

The UFO got away.

It was definitely not my day. But I did manage to wish on a shooting star later.

Today, I received a letter from Wishy. He sent me a kiddie stereo for wishing on him.

To the wisher, Jeff, I heard a small voice call to me one lonely night. It made me happy...so I will grant your wish! -From Wishy the Star

I found a note in a bottle on the beach, and it was a love letter from Lucio to Joanna.

My beloved Joanna, I've sent you so many letters. When am I gonna get one back?! I can't sleep thinking about it... -Your Lucio

I’ve seen this one (and Joanna’s reply) before, but I still appreciate seeing these occasional notes on the beach.

Marina told me that one time, she tried playing hockey with a big mouthful of ice cream. Unfortunately, it got stuck in her throat!

Marina: ...It got stuck in my throat! It was terrible!

It sounded like a serious situation, but she survived. I’m glad she found a way to lick that problem.

Frobert asked me to deliver a letter to Whitney, so I hopped on over to Whitney’s den. Whitney said the stationery was cute, and she showed me the letter:

Hey, Whitney, I love getting stuff in the mail! Keep it up! You gotta stay strong! Eat cioppino! Bye! -Frobert

Despite liking the stationery, she didn’t seem to understand the letter. But she said she likes receiving mail all the same.

Whitney: It didn't make much sense to me, but I just like getting mail, on a pig.

When I returned to Frobert, he thanked me…but didn’t give me a reward. I then realized my pockets were full. Oof.

Have a good weekend, everyone.

Not Morning People

Yesterday, Frobert showed me a crazy letter he got from someone. The author said that everything they say is a lie…which would mean that everything they say isn’t a lie, which would then mean it is… 😵‍💫

To Frobert, Everything I say is a lie. Or is it? Ha ha! You'll never know! -A liar...or am I?
Truly you have a dizzying intellect.

I normally fall into the daily pitfall (just so I don’t have to bother digging it up), but Marina beat me to it yesterday! Oops! Poor Marina!

Marina struggles to get out of a pitfall.

Truffles is now in her third week of being sick, and I gave her more medicine yesterday and again today. Hopefully this will be the last of her illness, because she’s starting to hog up all the medicine in the game!

Today, Chief got really mad at me just for talking to him in the morning!

Chief: Mrmh... Would you just shut up! Yap yap yap! That's all you do! I just got up, OK?

He even told me to wait outside until he brushed his teeth!

Chief: Do me a favor and wait outside at least until I've brushed my teeth.

Maybe don’t unlock your door for visitors until you’re ready then, smart guy.

But Chief wasn’t the only one unhappy to be disturbed in the morning. Whitney echoed a similar sentiment. She just wasn’t quite as rude about it.

Whitney: I'm happy that you came to visit me this morning, but I'm not a morning person.
Whitney: So, if it seems like I'm in a bad mood, don't blame me.

I guess my wolves just aren’t morning people. Understandable.

Frobert was talking about La-Di-Day, which is coming up soon. He said maybe this is finally the year for his song “Muscle Hustle” to become the new town tune. 😛

Frobert: This is the year, man! This is FINALLY the year for The Muscle Hustle!

I probably won’t be playing on La-Di-Day though, so he’s likely going to be out of luck.