Recovered Tiger

I went in to check on Rolf today, and he’s finally over the sickness. In fact, he’s doing grrrrrrrrrrreat! He thanked me for the medicine I’ve been giving him lately and he rewarded me with a chaise lounge.

Rolf: You took good care of me, and now I've made a full recovery!When I went to see Gala, I saw that Molly was also there visiting.

Gala: Molly decided to drop by too. It's so nice that you're both here, snortle.Molly said that Gala keeps it warm in there. Hmmm, warm like an oven?

Molly: Gala's place is always warm when I visit. I think she takes care to make it feel inviting.I completely forgot to buy turnips yesterday. I also completely forgot to mention that in yesterday’s blog entry.

After making my way around town, I headed up to Main Street. Luna told me Poppy from Bexhill was my most recent dream visitor.

Luna: According to the latest feedback, a client named Poppy from Bexhill enjoyed your dream.And unlike Saturday night, there actually was a crowd on Main Street today. I don’t know why Tex was staring at the wall. I wonder if he’s related to Puck…or maybe it’s a penguin thing.

A bunch of animals on Main Street.There was a new house on display in the Happy Homes Showcase, but it only had one room. I made my way down to the beach and I found Gulliver washed up on the shore. He was headed to London, England, and he’ll be sending me a gift from there tomorrow.

Gulliver: I'm going there, but I'll need to make sure I don't fall off London Bridge! You know me and water!

First Fireworks Festival of 2014

Today was the day of the first fireworks festival of the year. Over at the event plaza, Isabelle was accepting designs for custom fireworks. You tell her which of your patterns to use as fireworks, and you’ll see them later on once the fireworks start. I gave her my JVGS and Animal Crossing logo patterns.

Isabelle: That's a very lovely design! I'll start working on putting this design into the show right away!It was already nighttime in Tom’s town, and he invited me over to see some fireworks. So I headed over there, and his Isabelle gave me a heart bopper to wear.

Isabelle: When you wear that heart bopper, you'll shine just as bright as the fireworks!I tried it on as Tom continued to buy cookies from Crazy Redd (and redeem tickets for prizes).  As you can see, he had a big stockpile of items already.

Tom's large collection of prizes from Crazy Redd.Of course, we spent some time looking up the sky to watch the fireworks. This was Tom’s “do not enter” sign.

The DO NOT ENTER firework.Tom’s battery light came on, so he ended the session. When I returned to Forest, I updated my dream town. Luna told me that Austyn from Hville was my most recent dream visitor.

Later on at 8:00, I opened my gate for fireworks. Megan, Patty, and Squishy came over to visit. Megan and Squishy took turns trying to melt my face.

Megan and Squishy burning me with fireworks.We watched some fireworks from a bridge, which has long been my favorite spot for fireworks.

Watching fireworks from the bridge.Here’s a look at my Animal Crossing logo firework. It’s not super clear, but you have to be really quick to get a photo of the pattern fireworks before they blow up so big that they’re not recognizable.

My Animal Crossing firework.If you’d like the QR code of my Animal Crossing logo, it’s on the general patterns page of the QR Codes section.

Patty didn’t stick around very long, leaving after just 15 minutes or so. Once she left, Lauren came in to take her spot. She was happy to see Molly.

Lauren: OMG Molly!Between Crazy and Redd and Isabelle, the event plaza was a busy place tonight.

The crowded event plaza.Lauren was being sly as a fox as she glitched into Redd’s stand.

Lauren inside of Redd's stand.I talk to Redd, but I see Lauren instead of Redd.It was kind of chaotic at times with so many things going on at once. In a good way, of course.

People talking to Redd, burning Jeff, eating cookies, and more.Some of us sat at the town tree to view Forest’s history, or at least part of it.

Sitting at the town tree.We started talking about patterns and we went up to Able Sisters. While we were in there, I got to thinking about the Able Sisters Glitch from Animal Crossing: City Folk on Wii. In that glitch, a player could get stuck behind Sable. It’s done by having one player run up and down (just to the right of Sable) while another player runs left and right.

Surely they must have fixed that glitch in New Leaf, right? There’s no way the same exact glitch could be found in a completely different game…right? Well we tried it, and sure enough…the glitch is in New Leaf too! Megan was Sable’s first victim! #freemeg

Megan trapped behind Sable.In City Folk, repeating the same actions with two (free) players may result in a different player getting stuck behind Sable–or it may result in freeing everyone. In hopes of that latter result, the rest of us continued trying to glitch. After a few minutes, Megan was freed…but Lauren was stuck instead.

Lauren: I hate you lol.Eventually, Lauren was freed, but I got stuck myself! They even tried getting Tex involved in the process, as I made a mental note never to do this glitch again.

Jeff: Mental note: Don't do this.I was ultimately replaced by Megan, and we were back to square one. It wasn’t worth the effort to keep trying, so I told everyone I would just end the party and reopen my gate. Once I did, Lauren and Megan returned. MaryAnn also joined in, so Forest was full once again.

Lauren, Megan, and MaryAnn drop by for a visit.We watched some more fireworks until the moon exploded.

The moon appears to blow up as a firework goes off.After a while, Lauren had to leave. Megan also went into the train station, apparently to get something from her locker. But Megan, you shouldn’t play with fireworks. You’ll shoot your eye out!

My bopper blocked the view of Megan's right eye.Megan got her balloon out, and I tried to use my slingshot to pop it.

Trying to pop Megan's balloon.MaryAnn changed into the MVP shirt, and naturally, we started making up phrases that MVP could stand for.

Jeff: Monkeys volley poo.Megan: Mmmustard, very punny.Megan, MaryAnn, and I have played ACCF for years, and we have lots of inside jokes. So when Madisyn joined in, she probably didn’t have an idea what were talking about half the time. We returned to the event plaza, where MaryAnn made me feel a burning sensation.

MaryAnn burns me as I talk to Isabelle.After doing some glitching and watching fireworks, we went into the cafe for some coffee. In addition to hearing the music play in here, we also heard a metallic banging sound that I haven’t noticed before. It sounded like someone trying to break free or signal for help. Maybe Brewster had Jorge locked up in the basement or something?

All of us surprised at the sounds in the cafe.Madisyn suggested some dancing at the club, so we headed up there. Surprisingly, this was Megan’s first time dancing there!

Dancing at Club LOL.I also spoke with Alli, and she tried to tell me she was there to shop. I’m not a gator hater or anything, but she was clearly lying through her teeth.

Alli: Heh. You caught me, Jeff. I'm totally over my budget this month, but here I am shopping anyway.After we were done dancing, we headed over to my house.

Hanging out in my house.We hung out for a while, but I ultimately decided to end the session around 12:15. I was only planning on playing for maybe an hour tonight, and it ended up being over four hours! I definitely had a good time tonight, so thanks to everyone who came. And sorry to Wendy, who was trying to come but couldn’t get in.

After the party was over, I saw there was a message on the bulletin board. Megan posted “Mousse.” That could mean 98 different things, so how was I supposed to know what she meant by that? Be more specific, Megg!

Bulletin board: Mousse. -Megan from May East

Saturday Night on Main Street

Madisyn came over for a visit tonight to check out T&T Emporium. She had never seen one before.

Madisyn gets to see T&T Emporium for the first time.She was pretty excited to explore the store and do some shopping. After she was done, she headed over to my museum to check out my exhibits on the second floor.

Madisyn visits my exhibit of Gulliver items.Back out on Main Street, Alli was complaining about the crowds. Crowds?

Alli: Argh, these crowds! You know, I do love shopping, Jeff, but the lines and the competition get to me.Madisyn and I went into Club LOL to catch K.K.’s performance. I asked for a random song and the singing dog played K.K. Aria for me. After that, Madisyn requested a song: K.K. Disco.

Madisyn: THIS IS MY JAM.Before long, Madisyn had to go, so I ended the session. I put my 3DS in sleep mode for a while, but returned to the game later on. Big Top was sleeping standing up in his house, and I woke him up. He said he was going to get a snack before going to bed for real.

Big Top: Maybe I should go ahead and get my presleep snack on and then turn in for real, lil top.Outside, Sprinkle was standing by the river, holding a fishing rod. But she wasn’t trying to catch a fish, she was trying to catch the latest trends! Whatever.

Sprinkle: So guess what I'm trying to catch right now! The latest trends!Rolf still felt a bit sick, but it was too late for me to buy him any medicine. But it sounded like he’s almost over his sickness anyway.

Rolf: Thanks for your concern. Your kind words are better than any kind of actual medicine, tiger.At the event plaza, I decided to take a picture of my town tree.

A nighttime picture of my town tree.Kidd asked me for some furniture, but I didn’t have much to give him. I did have a flea that I picked off of Sprinkle earlier, so I tried that. He actually liked it! Only in Animal Crossing will someone ask for furniture and be pleased with a flea. Kidd even joked that he should name the flea Jeff.

Kidd: What should he be named then? ...Ooh, maybe Jeff? Just kidding! Hah ha!He gave me a Mr. Flamingo in return.

Drago seemed a bit nervous walking around at night, afraid that something will jump out of the shadows. You know, like a dragon hiding in the bushes.

Drago: Walking at night sure gets the ol' heart pumping. You never know what will jump out of the shadows!The fireworks festival is tomorrow, and I plan on opening my gate around 8:00 p.m. Eastern time.