Month: June 2013

Today, Molly told me that she borrowed something from Rolf a while back and hadn’t returned it yet. But I don’t know how that’s possible, since Rolf just moved in yesterday!

And Fuchsia told me that she’s moving out of town on the 4th of July.

I didn’t try to stop her.

Over on the bridge, I ran into Benedict. He wanted a new greeting, so I told him to say “buhk buhk.” That was Hank’s catchphrase in the GameCube version of Animal Crossing.

And then I heard a balloon present flying by overhead. By the time I got my slingshot out, I saw something strange. The balloon was moving vertically (well…to the south). It confused me for a second, but then I saw it resumed its horizontal path (to the east). The reason? There was a house in the way! It altered its path to go around the house!

I did not know balloons would do that. So I didn’t shoot it down right away; I followed it to see if it would happen again. And sure enough, when it encountered a tent, it moved south one space to fit around the tent. It does not go back north to resume its original path, though; it stays on its new path. With no further houses in its way, I then shot it down before it went over the river.

After that, I went to go work at the cafe. Thanks to my previous notes (and the process of elimination), I was able to get Isabelle’s order correct. It’s funny how they never give the full details of how they like their coffee until after you’ve already figured it out.

In addition to good coffee beans, Brewster also gave me a siphon. I really don’t plan on filling my house with coffee-related items, but it was a nice gesture.

With my work done for the day, I headed up to Main Street for my shopping run. I usually start at the museum on the far left of Main Street (to identify and donate any fossils), then move left to right from building to building. I update my town at the Dream Suite for an easy 5,000 bells, and then stop in Club LOL for an emotion (if I’m playing early enough in the day). Today, Shrunk taught me the surprise emotion; it’s the exclamation mark that appears over your head.

I’m still hoping for shock or disbelief, but surprise is a decent (but less dramatic)  alternative to those. Looking at my list of emotions, it seems I only need 11 more of them to complete the collection.

After finishing my shopping run, I decided to move forward with another town project. I decided to build the pyramid that Tex suggested to me on Friday.

It really would have been ideal if you could build it on the beach, since an Egyptian style pyramid like this should be around sand. But unfortunately, no projects can be built down there. If you even try going down the ramp, Isabelle will stop you.

But I did the next best thing: I put it just to the right of the ramp, just one space from the edge. So you’ll be able to see it from the beach (if you press up on the control pad) and even from the dock. So I’m looking forward to seeing that. Unfortunately, it’s a very expensive project–698,000 bells. So it may take some time to pay it off.

That’s all for today, but of course I’ll be back with more tomorrow. I know some of you may be close to getting Shampoodle in your towns, and I just want to remind you of my Animal Crossing New Leaf Hair Guide. It will come in handy when you’re ready to get the hairstyle (and color) that you want.

Today, the money rock gave me gems instead of money bags once again. This is the third time. (So take a good look!)

I spotted Phineas in town, and he gave me a Skilled Diver badge.

He also gave me a Good Samaritan badge for helping out my neighbors a lot.

I now have a total  of six badgers badges. As I continued my walk around town, I saw two of my favorite animals fishing on the river bank, on opposite sides of the bridge. How cute.

I heard a balloon present above, but it was no ordinary balloon present. It was a silver slingshot!

I shot it down, and now I can start shooting two pellets at a time.

On the bulletin board, there was a message from T.I.Y., advertising an extremely rare wall-mounted monitor. Sounds interesting. I’ll check it out later.

The fruit Wendy brought me a few days ago really paid off today, as they were all producing fresh fruit! Here you can see two of my lemon trees. Stay away, Shelbyville!

I then saw Katrina’s tent and went inside. Katrina talked about a row of golden model homes. But the key to this fortune was a royal crown. Nevermind. As if I have a million bells to spend on a crown.

Not far away, I spotted a new house. Rolf has moved in!

Forest now has ten villagers for the first time!

And back outside, I saw Katt. She wanted me to get her some fresh fruit. I had the perfect fruit to give her: a lemon! Unfortunately, she seemed to enjoy it.

She even gave me a blue-trim wall as thanks. But enough about that. It was time for the ceremony commemorating the completion of the modern clock!

But the modern clock wasn’t the only new clock I got today. From Ireland, Gulliver sent me a shamrock clock. I hung it on the wall of my museum exhibit room.

Try to ignore those balloons. I’m in the process of splitting that stuff into two separate exhibits. But while I was up on Main Street, I took some fruit to Shrunk. He thanked me by teaching me the “worry” emotion.

After that, I went into T.I.Y. to check out the wall-mounted monitor. I bought it and tried it out in my house. It’s basically just a TV, but it’s flat and hangs on the wall. And it’s not in color…

At this point, I was done playing. But later on, in the evening, Wendy asked to use my Shampoodle to try out the color contacts. So she came over, only to find that Harriet did not give her an option for color contacts. I tried it myself and got this message:

Apparently, you can only get color contacts in your own town (when the gate is closed). It seems weird that visitors can have their hair done, but not their eyes.

And before I ended my night in Forest, I showed Wendy my modern clock. I noticed that it looks a bit like a guillotine, so I asked Wendy to help me get Katt into it. 😉

But I think Katt knew what we were planning, so she quickly headed off to another part of town. That’s all for tonight, but I’ll be back with more tomorrow!

As expected, my basement was completed today. And of course, it’s only 4 spaces by 4 spaces.

I worked at the cafe again today, but I only got one customer’s order correct. One of the incorrect orders belonged to Phyllis, but I don’t feel too bad about getting hers wrong.

When I talked to Benedict, he had a time capsule for me to bury. I buried it near the northwest corner of town, along with all the other bodies time capsules.

I saw a fence where a new house is going…that’s right, Rolf is moving in tomorrow!

And since I have my basement now, it was time to start a new community project. I chose to install a modern clock, and it will be over near the town tree. Afterwards, Tex approached me with a new idea for a town project: a pyramid!

In the Dream Suite, Luna told me that the most recent visitor to my dream town was Marcey from London.

But then she also told me Forest has had 666 visitors!

In Shampoodle, Harriet informed me that I now am able to get colored contact lenses now!

Back in town, I caught two new fish: a dorado and a char. I donated them to the museum. I ran into Molly, and she gave me a violin.

And I have a lot of violets growing over by my house, so I decided to take some of them and put them around the fountain. I’ll be adding more in the near future, but this is just a start.

And down on the beach, I found Gulliver. He’s on his way to Ireland, so I can expect a gift from him in the mail tomorrow.

After some fishing and seashell-collecting, I had earned enough money to pay off my modern clock project. It will be done tomorrow.

At 10:00, I opened my gate for Friday Night Forest. Wendy, Ryan, and Josh came in…and then we got disconnected. I reopened and someone tried to come in…and then we disconnected.

I kept trying though, and my town filled up with Wendy, Josh, and Ben. And once again, we got disconnected. Sorry Josh, but I have a feeling your connection might have been the problem…especially if you were the person who tried to come in that second time. About 20 minutes had passed before my town filled up and the disconnections stopped. I had Wendy, Ben, and Marcey in my town. Yes, that’s the Marcey who had visited my dream town earlier! Anyway, we hung out in the cafe for a bit…

And then we went in my house for a while. I have a lot of interactive objects in my main room that are fun to play around with.

But after a while, we headed up to Club LOL for some dancing.

And later, we went to the island. There were lots of good beetles out on the trees! We also did two tours; Marcey won the beetle tour.

We then went on an item-matching tour. It didn’t have individual winners; apparently we were supposed to work as a team. But for all that work, we only got two medals. Ouch.

After that, we returned to Forest. Kapp’n sang an interesting song about his wife cleaning him in the shower. o.O

I got my toy hammer out to show Tabby.

We dug holes with our shovels to trap her. Wendy and I also used our hammers…although Wendy seems to think she’s the Statue of Liberty in this picture:

Marcey was showing us what happens if you jump down from a tree stump and into a hole; it acts as if it was a pitfall seed.

And then, there was this picture…

And of course, I tried it out too.

But as I was digging a hole, I accidentally dug up my special stump! I never even got any mushrooms out of it yet. 🙁 I planted a peach in the same spot, but I don’t know if it will be special again or not. But shortly after that, I ended the multiplayer session for the night. I had a good time. 🙂