Jeff's ACWW Blog

It was raining in town today, and Puddles was not enjoying the moisture. She said the rain was going to turn her into Puddles soup. Wait, why doesn’t she just say a puddle?

The rain also brought out the snails. I spotted one on a flower and got my net out. But before I approached it, I heard someone fall into a pitfall! It was Big Top!

I then went back up and caught that snail. It was my first one.

Even though I just gave Rod a new shirt last week, he was bugging me for another shirt today. But I didn’t feel like buying him new clothes again this soon, so he’ll have to wait.

The new message of the week on the bulletin board advised readers to always carry extra shorts. I wonder what happened to Phyllis(?) that made her suggest this… but then again, I probably don’t want to know.

When I ran into Baabara, she gave me an illusion floor for free. Baabara being nice? It must be an illusion! But I decided to put it on the floor of the left room in my house.

I went fishing and caught three new fish: a barred knifejaw, a catfish, and a goldfish. I donated all three of them, along with my snail, at the museum. Blathers told me about the goldfish he once had when he was young: He called it Sir Blithers.

At town hall, I made a 45,000 bell mortgage payment before wrapping up my game for the night.

It was almost midnight when I started up the game tonight, so I quickly made my way to the Roost. I asked K.K. Slider to play a random song for me, and he played some soul.

Hopper wanted to compete to see who could catch a sea bass first. Since villagers can’t actually catch fish on their own, I figured it would be easy. So I agreed to the competition.

Puddles was finally over her cold, and she thanked me profusely. She also gave me an arched window.

I got a bit of a scare when I visited Kiki. She had all of her furniture packed up in boxes, and she was about to move out of town! But I breathed a sigh of relief when I remembered this was Wild World, and I could change her mind. And indeed, she agreed to reconsider on my very first attempt.

In front of my house, I ran into Baabara. She was talking about how she once wanted to be a pop star. When she was done talking, she asked me to pretend we never had the conversation.

With my walk around town complete, I decided to start fishing for that sea bass for Hopper. I caught several red snappers, a few octopi, two old tires, a boot, and even a hammerhead shark!

I also caught a stag beetle I saw on a tree. But it was taking me quite a while to catch a sea bass! There’s always lots of them, until you actually want to find one. 😛 But eventually, I did catch one. When I took it over to Hopper, he rewarded me by giving me his imperial tile.

I made one last stop at the museum, where I donated my hammerhead shark and stag beetle. My pockets are now full of stuff to sell when I play next time.

I saw a bug I hadn’t caught yet on a tree this evening. So I walked towards it…and then I scared it off. I reflexively swung my net anyway, and to my surprise, I actually caught it as it was trying to escape! I actually caught it the hard way. This was my first lanternfly.

I found a new house in town, and Hopper the penguin was inside. Even though he briefly lived in my GameCube town back in 2012, he’s not a villager that I’ve very familiar with. I haven’t seen much of him in any Animal Crossing game.

On the bulletin board, there was a new “Talking to Myself” post about TV shows. The writer (probably Phyllis or Pelly) talks about how she can’t tell which TV shows are real and which are fake.

Anyway, Nibbles was still bugging me about getting her some new clothes. And since I didn’t want anyone to have to see Nibbles’ naked niblets, I decided to buy an orange tie-dye shirt for her. She really seemed to like it, and she gave me a pilot’s cap to thank me.

Rod also asked me for new clothes today, so I bought a racer shirt for him.

He wasn’t thrilled with the shirt, but he gave me 510 bells for my trouble.

Puddles was still sick, and she described how she was feeling in way too much detail. She said she felt so queasy that she’s going to redecorate her shoes! That’s disgusting!

At the museum, I donated my lantern fly and identified two fossils. One of the fossils, a plesio torso, was one that I needed. It completed the plesiosaur.

I only need one more fossil (the parasaur skull) to complete this wing of the museum.

At town hall, I made a 23,000 bell mortgage payment. I then wrapped up my game for the night.