Jeff's ACWW Blog

On Wednesday, I spotted a banded dragonfly, and I chased it all across town. After several trips back and forth across the river, I eventually lost it. But as I chatted with Drift, I saw it sitting there on a rock! But it then took off and disappeared for good. If only I hadn’t spoken to Drift so quickly, I might’ve been able to snag it pretty easily.

Yesterday, Pippy gave me a gift that she said was perfect for me: a surfboard. 🏄‍♂️ I’m shore she meant well, but it’s probably not something I’ll use…unless I can use it to surf the web. 😛

Just a few steps away, Robin had fleas on her. I caught one of them, and Robin told me that everybody has fleas…on a pizza! 🍕

Wendell was in town, and I caught a catfish to give him. In return, he gave me the “overhead view A” pattern, which is another piece of the Nazca lines. I now have two of the four pieces needed for it.

If I think of it, I should try to catch the other two fish I need while they’re still in season. And I could keep them in my house until Wendell visits again.

Today, I spotted an unusually large fish shadow in the river, and I fished out a dorado!

Robin continued to use her catchphrase in weird ways, this time saying that flowers are like women, on a pizza.

The whole “women on pizza” topic reminded me of a funny mistake from another game (Harvest Moon 64):

Anyway, I spotted another banded dragonfly right after chatting with Robin. So I got my net out and started to chase it. I briefly lost it, and then ran around the outside of the shop. As I turned back to where I started from, I saw it flying right towards me! I swung my net and caught it! Robin walked closer to me, and once she saw, she started applauding (with one hand, because she was holding a net in the other hand). 😆

Katrina was in town, so I popped into her tent to hear my fortune. She started talking about inverted bread, beetles scurrying around, and a hungry boar that ate too much. Is this about Truffles?

I honestly had no clue what the fortune was supposed to be telling me. I assumed it had no effect…until I started falling on my face, this is. Then, I kinda knew.

In that respect, I was having bad luck. But on the other hand, I did already catch a rare fish and a rare bug. And they helped my savings reach another milestone, with my balance reaching 17 million bells.

Earlier this week, I posted my latest Wild World video episode, #79. Please check it out if you haven’t seen it yet.

See you next week!

Pascal was in town on Wednesday, and he told me that mackerel is not so holy after all. 😛

He then gave me a ship compass before plunging into the sea. I’ll probably hang onto it for the next birthday party that comes up.

Over by the shops, Truffles asked me to buy her parquet floor at a 30% discount (for a price of 2,330 bells). I declined, and she then offered me a 100% discount. Now that’s a discount I can’t pass up!

She then suddenly realized that a 100% discount meant that she was giving it to me for free. Oops, I thought she knew that already. 😛 But fortunately, she didn’t try to take it back.

On Thursday, Pippy told me that she can catch fish just by giving them the evil eye! 👀

To prove it, she wanted to have a competition to see who could catch a black bass first. However, I beat out her evil eye and gave her the fish before she had the chance to stare one down. So she rewarded me with an ornate wall.

Today, Pippy referenced that fish I caught for her. She said it was nice to live this way, surrounded by fish…in a pond.

Drift’s sickness has continued into its third week, and I gave him more medicine Wednesday and Thursday. But by today, he was finally over his cold. He thanked me for all the medicine by giving me a plush carpet.

Over at town hall, I found a Mrs. Flamingo in the recycle bin. 🦩

I’m not sure who threw her away, or where her husband is…but either way, it looks like Mrs. Flamingo got dumped.

It was raining in town yesterday, and Truffles told me that she’s not into water polo when it rains. That seemed like a weird thing to say, because she’s not into water polo anyway. But I’d think the rain wouldn’t bother you as much when you’re already wet. 🤷

Whitney told me that her favorite thing about catching bugs is the bugs’ sound of defeat when she catches them.

I don’t know what to make of that. My villagers are weird.

Pippy wanted to have a contest to see who could catch a horse mackerel first, but the joke was on her…because I already had one.

I gave it to her, and she rewarded me with a pastel dot wall.

Drift has still been sick with a cold this week, so I gave him some medicine yesterday and again today.

When I started up the game today, I was met with quite a surprise: A rainbow!

This was my first time seeing a rainbow in Wild World! I have now seen a rainbow in Wild World, GameCube, New Leaf, and New Horizons. But apparently I haven’t seen one in City Folk yet, as hard as that is to believe! At least I can’t find any screenshots of it, or mentions of it in my blog!

At any rate, I changed the Virtual Console screen settings to view this rainbow in standard DS mode as well:

The rainbow gradually faded as I played. I’m not sure if I got to see it at its peak or not, since it was already underway when I started up the game. But it was nice to finally see it in this game!

Anyway, Saharah was in town today, and she asked me to make some deliveries for her. I took carpet packages over to Mabel and Pelly for her. She rewarded me with an ancient wall.

Right after the rainbow vanished completely, I spotted a balloon present overhead. I shot it down, and I found a clothesline pole inside.

I listened in on a conversation between Pippy and Curt, and Pippy was singing a song. 🎶

But Curt was definitely not a fan. 😆

Pippy replied that the song was popular with the girls in town, and they both insulted each other’s taste in music. But the conversation left them both feeling depressed.