Joan was selling turnips for 105 bells today, so I bought 1,000 of them from her this afternoon. Yes, I said this afternoon. I barely found Joan before the morning ended and noon arrived. And it was actually after noon when I made my purchase. Still, I got the turnips I needed, even if it was a close call.
I saved my game and returned to it later in the afternoon. I ran into Big Top, and he told me he had a dream of Melodi from Singtown. Luna would later confirm that Melodi was my most recent dream visitor.
Kidd approached me and told me he wanted to move out of town. Without even thinking about it, I told him to stick around. I actually could have let him go this time, but it’s no problem. I like having him around anyway.
I finally got off my lazy butt and re-routed the path around Drago’s house. I plan on keeping him for a while, so I might as well fix up the area around his house a bit.
Over by the event plaza, Isabelle was getting prepared for the fireworks festival.
Just a bit north of there, near my central bridge, I found a new house plot: Octavian is moving in tomorrow!
The octo-plot is actually in a good spot, because my path already went alongside the back and side of his house. So I won’t have to move anything around.
Even though it was too early for fireworks in Forest, Tom invited me over to Tomville, where it was five hours later. So I headed there and Andrew joined right after I did. I said “brb” because I was going to be away for a minute or two, and Tom somehow used my body to push himself (as he blew his tweeter) onto the tracks! I felt so used!
Over at Tomville’s event plaza, Tom’s Isabelle gave me a star bopper to wear.
And Andrew dropped three fountain fireworks for some triple fire.
Tom had glitched into the ocean by now, and he told Andrew and I to come see him at the dock. But right as we got down there, Tom’s friend Colben joined in, killing Tom. Once he came back to life, he had Colben push him so he could glitch back down again. I stood at the top of the ramp to watch some fireworks.
Once Tom got to where he wanted to be, he again called us down. He thought that if he used a Roman candle or sparkler while he was glitched under the water, maybe we’d be able to see the firework go off without seeing him holding it. But unfortunately, it didn’t work out that way. I saw nothin’.
Before long, Tom’s battery light came on and he quickly kicked us out. I found myself back in Forest, and I went up to Main Street. I noticed that Benedict is now one of the villagers that appears in the shopping district!
It’s nice to see him again. The animals on Main Street are former residents of course, and most of those are animals I didn’t care for (which is why I let them move out in the first place). But Benedict was one of the few that I did like, and I’m glad I’ll be seeing him on Main Street for months to come.
After I was done on Main Street, I saved and quit my game. I had already planned not to open my gate tonight, but I ended up not even playing in the one-player mode either. But this year, August has a total of five fireworks festivals! (Most years, it will only be four). So there are still three more of them yet to come. I’ll probably be opening my gate for two of the final three, but you’ll have to stay tuned for details.