Marina Moves In

On Sunday, I found Marina over at the campsite!

Marina: Hello. I hope it's all right that I've decided to camp here. You have a lovely town.

It took me about two seconds to decide that I wanted to invite her into town. But she seemed more interested in playing games that involved one of us buying items from the other. I played a few of the games, but turned down even more requests. I did lose a steamroller in the process, though. 😛

Marina, at the campsite: I'll keep the steamroller you're holding as a souvenir.

But eventually (after probably 15 tries or so), she offered to play a game to see if she would move in! Fortunately, the game was charades, and those are pretty easy. So Marina agreed to move in!

Marina: Yes, you got it! I'm flattered you know me so well.
If you’re flattered, it’s probably from the steamroller. 😛

The next day, Mira told me that she accidentally ate a rotten apple! Oops!

Mira: The other day I ate a totally rotten apple!

She said she has lost confidence in her senses, so she asked me to pick a fresh apple for her.

Mira: I'm still not sure how I didn't notice till I ate it... But I've lost confidence in my senses!
Mira: I need a good one to get the rotten taste outta my mouth! Is that cool?
Sure, I’ll find an appealing one for you!

So I went out and picked an apple for her. Mira loved it, and she rewarded me with a ranch tea table.

Yesterday, it was raining in town. Boots used both his greeting and his catchphrase in one random-sounding, chaotic speech bubble. 😆

Boots: I'll eat you!! Plan for today: shower outside! Ha ha! At Nook's!

Hornsby asked me to return something to Jeremiah, and I agreed to help out. But Jeremiah wanted to play a game with it, asking me what I thought it was. I guessed (or hoped) that it was furniture…and I was wrong. (So I got no reward for making the delivery.)

Jeremiah: YOU ARE INCORRECT! The correct answer was actually clothing.
You don’t have to yell, man.

While Marina’s plot showed up yesterday, there was already another camper in town. It was Flurry the hamster, and she’s cute.

Flurry, at the campsite: Oh, hello. Are you from here? I fell in love with this town and decided to take a camping trip here.

I found a lost item on the ground, and I returned it to its owner, Molly. It was her book, and it apparently had a lot of sentimental value to her.

Molly: I've had this book since I was little. So many wonderful memories... I couldn't be happier you found it!

She rewarded me with another copy of her photo.

Today, Marina has officially moved in. Her house is just south of the campsite, very close to Rolf’s house.

Rolf's house and Marina's new house.

I don’t mind the location except for one thing: The house took out six gold roses when it “landed.” Oof.

I went inside to greet Marina now that she’s an official resident here. Welcome to Forest, Marina!

Marina: Oh, Jeff! I'm so glad to see you. It was your invitation at camp that convinced me to move here.

She joins Inkwell to make octopus the most-common species in Forest at the moment. (My other eight villagers are all different species.) And Marina joins Molly and Mira as I now have three “M” villagers in town. Marina is also my first new villager since 2023, when Mira moved in!

But surprisingly, there was yet another camper at the campsite today! That’s three campers in four days! Today’s camper is Coach, who I never would’ve invited to town. 😆

Coach: I was really focused on running. I ran and ran and ran. And when I looked up, I was in this town!

Hornsby told me he’d like to try a piece of perfect fruit, so I gave him a perfect peach. He loved it, even though he used his catchphrase rather redundantly.

Hornsby: Wow! That was probably the tastiest perfect peach I've ever eaten, I ate it.

He rewarded me with what he called a “fantastic” gift: A common bed.

Hornsby: A fantastic piece of fruit deserves a fantastic gift! Here--take my common bed!