River Fish Secret?

On Tuesday, I received a letter from Cube in the mail. You may remember I let him visit my house last time. He thanked me for the visit, and he sent me a boomerang.

Friga the penguin was camping over at the campsite. Even though she said she’d like to move in, I don’t have space for her. And besides, I already have two penguins in town.

Friga, at the campsite: Hey there, I'm Friga. I'm just in Forest camping for a little while.

Yesterday, Mira told me she was trying to uncover a secret about river fish! But she couldn’t give me any more details.

Mira: The thing is...I'm trying to uncover a secret about river fish! I can't say what sort of secret it is just yet!

She said that would be bad for business, which made the whole situation even more confusing. 😛 But she was really just asking me to catch a river fish for her.

Mira: That'd be bad for business! But if you give me your next river catch, pal, maybe I can cut you in.

So I caught her a freshwater goby, and she rewarded me with a natty shirt.

Mira: It's a natty shirt!

Molly asked me for something to replace her bucket! 🪣

Molly: I want to get something to replace my bucket.

I gave her a Chihuahua ornament that I got from a fortune cookie at some point. But I’m just now realizing that maybe a dog isn’t good for a duck…I’m thinking of Duck Hunt now. 😛 But it’s a good dog, and Molly seemed to be happy with it. She rewarded me with a stripe wall.

Over by my brick bridge, Inkwell was practicing yelling. He also encouraged me to yell along with him.

Inkwell, yelling: Tomorrow is a new day!

He advised me to do some sit-ups in ink to help out my yelling? If you say so.

Inkwell: Did you get a good shout going? If not, try doing a few sit-ups once in a while, in ink!

Rolf asked me to track down Hornsby and bring him back to his house, and I agreed to help out. But Hornsby didn’t know what it was all about. (Then again, neither did I.)

Hornsby: Hey, Rolf! Why did ya ask me to come all the way here? Is it somethin' serious, I ate it?

But Rolf just wanted to give Hornsby an orange tie-dye tank that he bought at the shop. Hornsby accepted the gift, and Rolf rewarded me with a watermelon table.

Today, I found Gulliver down on the beach. He was talking about a country that is huge, with a very large population. They also invented paper, gunpowder, and compasses. I knew he was headed to China.

Gulliver: ...Ding-ding-ding-ding! That's right! I was headed for China!

Tomorrow is Halloween! I probably won’t be playing this game, but I will likely play City Folk and New Horizons. But I hope you all have a Happy Halloween, however you spend it. Have fun! 🎃

Boots Fruits

When I played on Sunday, I found a letter from Gulliver in the mail. He sent me a sitar from his visit to India. I also had a letter from Jack, who sent me a bug mask. I decided to wear it for October.

While walking near Lolly’s house, I spotted a balloon present from across the river.

A balloon present floats by.

I tracked it down and found a balloon closet inside.

Monday was Explorer’s Day, and Isabelle was standing at the plaza to hand out sailboat models for the occasion.

Isabelle: It's a sailboat model! With it, you can really get into the excitement of Explorer's Day!

Of course, there was also a face-cutout standee for the holiday. I stuck my face though it, even though I was still wearing my bug mask. I’m an explorer and a bug.

Testing out the Explorer's Day faceboard, even as I was wearing my bug mask.

I took the sailboat model home and put it on display. I had an empty spot there next to Wisp’s lamp anyway.

A sailboat model sits next to Wisp's lamp.

Today, Boots told me that he did 10,000 squats this morning!

Boots: I'm so tired today... The 10,000 squats I've done since this morning have really caught up with me.

He needed some fruit to recover, so I gave him a perfect peach. He enjoyed it, and he rewarded me with a lovely love seat.

When I spoke with Molly, who was also in the same area (as you can see in that previous screenshot), she had a request for me: She had a gift for Boots, and she wanted me to deliver it to him!

Molly hands me a gift to give to Boots, as Boots stands right behind me.

That was an easy delivery. 😛 The gift was a jagged tank, which Boots put on right away. He rewarded me with his cherry. 🍒

Boots: OK, it's token-of-appreciation time! My cherry is all you, money!

But that raises an interesting question. If he already had a cherry, why was he so desperate for fruit a few moments before? 😛

Anyway, I found Al the gorilla over at the campsite. I’ve been seeing him lately in “Mario’s” ACCF town of Mushroom. (Keep an eye out for a new episode of Mario Plays ACCF soon.) But I have no room for him here.

Al, at the campsite: You're from this town, aren't you?

Back outside, Jeremiah was talking about the foods of fall.

Jeremiah: Fall is all about gathering mushrooms, digging up potatoes, and picking pumpkins.
You can only do one of those things in New Leaf, though you can do them all in New Horizons.

He called autumn the “snackiest” season. 😛

Jeremiah: It's really the snackiest of all the seasons, hip hop.

Cube asked to visit my house, so we arranged a time. He did show up one minute late, but I’ll forgive him this time. I showed him all six of my rooms, and waited until he was done.

Cube: All right. I guess I'll be going now. Thanks for hanging out with me.

He didn’t give me a gift during his visit, so he’ll probably send me something in the mail. To state the obvious: I hope it’s his photo!

I’ll see you all next time!