Month: August 2025

On Wednesday, Leonardo the lion was camping out at the campsite. He wanted to play a game with me, but it involved me buying something from him (potentially at a high price), so I declined the request.

On Thursday, Molly asked me to play a game of hide-and-seek with her. She assured me that she was really good at hiding.

She gave me 15 minutes to find her, Rolf, and Inkwell.

But within seconds, I had already found Molly! The starting banner hadn’t even disappeared off-screen yet. And Molly was the one that was so sure she was good at hiding! I guess she quacked under the pressure.

Since I had a lot of time to search, I took my time and stopped to catch an eel over near Lolly’s house. But I spotted something else in the background…Inkwell!

And with 11 and a half minutes still on the timer, I found Rolf trying to hide behind the instrument shelter! That was still a quick win, even though I wasn’t rushing. They were just really bad at hiding this time. 😆

Molly gave me a kiwi stool as my prize for winning.

Hornsby approached me and told me that he spent all of his money on a chocolate fountain. Easy to do. 😆

He wanted me to buy it for 1,760 bells. I meant to say no, but I guess I clicked the wrong thing and ended up buying it anyway. Oh well.

Yesterday, Hornsby sent me a racer 6 tee in the mail. I decided to put it on, just to wear something different.

Cube wanted me to visit his house, so we had to schedule a time (6 p.m.). I don’t normally agree to these, but I make exceptions when I still need a villager’s photo.

Moments later, Cube asked for a new catchphrase. I told him to say “it froze,” although that choice hasn’t paid off just yet.

I shook a nearby tree, and a bathtub fell out! Oops! I hope it didn’t belong to Agent S or some other squirrel who lived up there. 😛

When 6:00 rolled around, I ran over to Cube’s house.

He didn’t give me any gifts, but he did ask if I wanted to buy anything. I ultimately bought his astro CD player for 2,150 bells. After ten minutes of pointless, repetitious chat and standing around, I left.

This morning, Cube sent me a letter talking about my visit yesterday. He sent me a gift, but it was just an hourglass. Clearly he’s mocking me for all the time (the years, really) that I’ve been trying to earn his photo. 😛 ⏳

Jeremiah seemed like he wasn’t fully awake yet. He said the sun was so bright that it felt like lasers were shooting into his brain. Maybe he had a late night of club-hopping. 😛

Tonight, I made a rare trip up to Club LOL. K.K. Slider was around, so I asked him for a random song. He performed “Only Me” for me, Hamlet, and Hippeux.

(Well actually, Dr. Shrunk was in the back shaking his booty too.) 😆

On Sunday night, the fireworks festival was held. (This happens on every Sunday night in August, of course.) I stopped to enjoy the sights at several spots around town. Even in the low resolution of the 3DS screen, the fireworks are so pretty! 🎆

Over at the event plaza, Isabelle gave me a heart bopper. I promptly put it on and posed for a photo.

I also decided to buy one of Redd’s cookies for 500 bells. After eating it, I found a “sparkle prize” inside.

I redeemed it for a miniature car. Since it came from a cookie, I guess that makes it a sweet ride. 🏎️

On Monday, Mira asked me for a peach, and I gave her a perfect one. She rewarded me with her photo. (I’ve already had one of those, but she gave me another.)

I also found a lost item on the ground, and I returned it to its owner, Molly. She too gave me her photo! That’s two photos, both from “M” villagers, on the same day!

When I played today, Cube told me that he was going to move out on the 20th. That’s just five days away! I asked him to stay, but that was a fairly close call.

However, I’m starting to wonder if letting him go might be the best way to get his photo. He has been in town for four years now, and his photo continues to elude me. If I’m feeling brave next time he asks, maybe I’ll just let him go and hope he sends the photo with his goodbye letter. But for now, he’s sticking around.

Inkwell told me he’d like to replace his bucket with something else. I agreed to help out; I’ll just add that request to my bucket list. 🪣

Re-Tail didn’t have anything, since “somebody” filled up the flea market spots with gems. 😆 So I tried giving Inkwell a garden faucet that I bought from Harvey…but Inkwell wouldn’t accept it. He needed something that could be set on something else. So I tried giving him an eel, and that was too big.

I went over to T&T Emporium, and Tommy told me about some bargains on the top floor.

However, the shop owners have a different view of a “bargain” than I do. 😛

The middle floor didn’t have any tabletop furniture either. So I decided to try a fortune cookie from the first floor. I was thinking maybe one of those Nintendo items would fit on a table. However, my cookie ticket was not a winner.

Tommy gave me an electric guitar as a consolation prize, and it might sound like a decent piece of furniture. But Inkwell wouldn’t accept it either, because it can’t be placed on a table. Oof, this bucket is proving to be rather hard to replace!

So I figured I’d just have to catch a fish, but a small fish. I ended up with a sweetfish, which is definitely small enough. When I went back to Inkwell’s house, he seemed to be getting tired of seeing me!

However, he was (finally) happy with my gift.

My reward for helping out? That bucket, of course.

Except that I don’t think I need a bucket either! Hmm, what could I replace it with…?