Jeff's ACWW Blog

When I started up the game today, I was treated to a rainbow on the title screen! 🌈

But since I started recording my footage a bit late (after the title screen had already booted up), I wanted to reset it to see it as the logo initially fades in (on top of the rainbow). But when I reset the game, something unexpected happened: The rainbow was gone!

I always thought of rainbows as basically weather conditions in the game. Like if it was raining, resetting it wouldn’t change the weather (unless a new hour started, but that wasn’t the case here). So there must be more randomness to rainbows than I thought. 🤷

Down on the beach, I found a note in a bottle. There was a horoscope inside, telling me to wear a hockey mask while I’m running around like a shovel-wielding maniac. That sounds like good advice for this time of the year. 🎃

Katrina was in town today, so I decided to ask her to tell my fortune. She dealt her cards and saw a waterfall symbol in its natural state (whatever that means). But then she spoke of a raccoon who is successful in business…clearly referring to Tom Nook.

She said nothing can threaten his future, and it would even be more likely for a waterfall to reverse its course!

She mentioned the words “confidence,” “rights,” and realism,” but I have no idea if it was supposed to be a positive or negative fortune. I’m guessing it was just neutral, because it was so vague. And now I remember why I don’t normally get my fortune told. Most of the time it’s entirely pointless. 😛

When I visited Angus, he remembered something that made him laugh. He apparently saw Pippy fall down on the ground, and he’s still laughing about it. 😆

I know I’ve seen this dialogue several times before, but it’s still funny to see them laughing at other animals.

Chief gave me a pop quiz tonight, asking me how I thought he was feeling. I guessed that he was feeling angry.

Apparently, I was wrong. He was offended that I didn’t know him better and he told me I would get no prize.

I don’t know, it kinda looks like I was right after all. 🤷

When I had a chat with Derwin, he said something odd: He said I should hang out in the grass in the morning. What the heck does that mean?

But my puzzled expression surely turned to an eye roll when he continued. He was just saying that I could have a “fateful encounter” with a bell cricket. I think I’ll pass on that encounter.

Marina asked me to deliver a letter to Pippy, and I was happy to help out.

Pippy enjoyed the letter, and Marina later rewarded me with a cowhide rug.

Over by the museum, Frobert was talking about a bell cricket (just like Derwin was). But he seemed to be addressing the cricket itself, even as he spoke to me. It would look confusing out of context, as you can see in this screenshot:

I finished up my night with a K.K. Slider song down in the Roost. He performed “K.K. Condor” for me.

Yesterday, Marina told me she heard the most surprising story from Mabel and Sable!

But she wouldn’t tell me the news, because she promised to keep it secret! So why even tell me about it?

I was still curious, so I went to Able Sisters to see for myself. Mabel sneezed, and she was afraid she was catching a cold. Wait, that’s it? That’s the surprising story?? That rumor is snot what it seemed.

I guess it is something to sneeze at. These rumors just turned out to be a cold case. 😛

I played again tonight, and Derwin was talking about how cool his outfit makes him look. But then he said something curious: He claimed the best accessory to go with his outfit would be a grim-looking buddy by his side.

So he said he would hang out with me all day! To make himself look better by comparison! Wow. Every time I think maybe I’m starting to like the guy, he goes and says something rude like this.

I’m going to try something different. I’m going to sum up what each of my other villagers talked about tonight, in six words each:

• Chief: Tim from Treehut designed my shirt.
• Pippy: I shrunk my shirts! Need another!
• Frobert: You’re far from home. Sleeping outside?
• Maple: I worked hard designing my room.
• Marina: Walking is exercise for your mind!
• Angus: I have cockroaches. They’re so nasty!
• Whitney: I’m moving out. No I’m not.

After making my rounds (and barely making it to the shop before it closed), I went down to the Roost for K.K. Slider’s Saturday night show. I asked for a random song, and he performed “K.K. Safari” for me. That’s the same song he sang for me two weeks ago!

Goodnight, everyone. See you next week!