Ninja Please

After checking turnip prices this morning (77 bells), I reached down for the start button to save and quit my game. However, I accidentally pressed the power button by mistake. Even though a quick press doesn’t power down the system, it does shut down the game. So when I started the game up again later on, I had to endure a chat with my old frenemy Resetti.

Resetti: Hey! Excuse me! I'm from the Reset Surveillance Center, and I need a few minutes of your time.I then started my walk around town. I met Molly by the bridge, and she said she wasn’t comfortable talking out in the public like this. Is she a secret agent or something? I thought Agent S was the spy.

Molly: You know, I'm not completely comfortable talking outside like this...But it turns out, she just wanted to visit my house–which was far less exciting than going on a secret mission. I showed her around, and she had to leave by the time we got to the basement. Or maybe her mission was complete once she saw where I kept the gold!

Molly: I think it's about time I head home.Over at the campsite, Patty the hamburger cow was camping out. We had a quick chat and it was nice to meat meet her, but I had no interest in asking her to move in.

Patty: I bet you weren't expecting to see super-stylish ME here! Actually, I wasn't expecting to be here either.Up at the Dream Suite, Luna told me that Chai from Teavana was my most recent dream visitor.

When I returned to town, Sprinkle wanted to play hide-and-seek. She said she was “totally ninja” when she hides.

Sprinkle: How about some hide-and-seek? I'm totally ninja when I hide, though, tiger!I had 15 minutes to find her, Rolf, and Agent S. I almost made a complete loop around town before I found someone; Rolf was hiding behind my zen bell.

Rolf hiding behind my zen bell.And near the starting point, Sprinkle was hiding behind the modern clock.

Sprinkle hiding behind the modern clock.You call that being a ninja? Ninja, please.

I still had one more villager to find, Agent S. Since I didn’t see her anywhere in town, I figured she must be down on the beach. I found someone…but it was Gulliver! “Hey Gulliver, have you seen Agent S?”

Gulliver: From what I can remember, she perks her cucumber-like neck up from the lake just to mess with you.What? Agent S is in the lake? Actually, he was just talking about Nessie, the Loch Ness Monster. He’s headed to Scotland, so he asked me if he would look good in a kilt. I guess it wouldn’t hurt…it’s not like you wear pants anyway.

Gulliver: Think I'd look good with a kilt and bagpipes? I've been considering taking it up for a while...He’ll be sending me a gift from Scotland tomorrow. But for now, I continued my search for Agent S. Fortunately, it didn’t take long. She was hiding behind a banana tree.

Agent S hiding behind a banana tree.So I won the game with nearly eight minutes to spare. Sprinkle rewarded me with a birdhouse. Yes, a birdhouse. Thanks a lot.

Sprinkle: Either way, you get a victory prize for that, Sweet-J. So here's a birdhouse!

Proper Painting

This morning, I found Joan selling turnips for 106 bells apiece. That’s higher than usual, but I was able to buy 3,100 of them.

Joan: The asking price is 106 bells per turnip. What do you think, kiddo?Later on tonight, I found Octavian sitting on my metal bench. But he wasn’t taking a nap like he recently said he likes to do; he was just sitting and enjoying the cool, crisp evening.

Octavian: I'm just sitting here thinking about life while the night winds blow. Yeah, I can be poetic too!Up at the Dream Suite, Luna told me that Bek from Codytown was my most recent dream visitor.

Meanwhile, Amelia stole something out of Rolf’s mailbox! At least, that’s what I heard. Sort of. 😛

Amelia: I can't keep it! Everyone will say I took it from Rolf's mailbox! You KNOW how people talk!Actually it was delivered to Amelia by accident. Or so she claims. But I told her I’d return the package to Rolf regardless. But when I got to his house, he seemed a bit confused. I guess he’s his own guard dog.

Rolf: Woof woof!It turns out the package was really a gift meant for me. I opened it, and it was a deep-blue tank. I have like 300 of these already.

Rolf: You're the one who delivered it to me, so it's kind of silly, but here you go, tiger!I took a walk outside to clear my thoughts. I also took a look up at the moon and stars.

The moon and stars.By now, Octavian was in his house. He offered to sell me a proper painting for 3,136 bells. I needed that painting for the museum, so I took a chance on it.

Octavian: Before I knew it, I had spent a ton of money on this crazy-looking proper painting...I made my way towards the museum, but Agent S stopped me. She told me she had an elephant in her pocket! Actually, an elephant tee, but I was really hoping to see Big Top jump out of there.

Agent S: Hey, hey! Guess what I've got in my pockets right now? Yeah, it's an elephant tee!She offered to trade it for a simple armchair I had in my pockets, and I agreed to the exchange. After that, I made my way up to Main Street. But when I saw Canberra, I fell flat on my face! I wasn’t expecting to see a creature like that in the middle of the night!

Falling on my face on Main Street.I quickly walked around her (with a tight hold on my wallet) and went into the museum. Blathers told me that the proper painting was real!

Manet's last major work of art. The scene is mostly shown in the reflection in the mirror at the bar.Thanks for stopping by and I’ll see you all next time!

Dragging Saharah Around

As expected, Gulliver sent me a Merlion in the mail today. The Merlion has always been one of my favorite Gulliver items. As I was trying to find a place in my house to put it, Rolf barged in for an unexpected visit.

Rolf: I'm just stopping by!I talked to him a couple times, and then just waited for him to leave. Once he did, I placed the Merlion next to my modern sofa (replacing my sitar).

My Merlion.Outside, Molly asked me for a horse mackerel–the most beautiful fish in the world!

Molly: The other day, I saw a picture of a horse mackerel. It's the most beautiful fish in the world!While in the southeast part of town (far from my house), I spotted Saharah. I didn’t want to have to find her all over again later, so I told her to come with me. But I did drop her off a couple times, including when I went in Drago’s house to say hello.

Saharah: Too bad. Yes, very too bad.I picked her back up as I resumed my trip around town. When I made it around to my western bridge, I had a chat with Sprinkle. She told me she was moving out of town on November 12th. I still don’t have her villager picture yet, so I told her to stick around longer.

Sprinkle: That's the nicest thing anyone's EVER said to me! I guess I just can't move away now!I finally made it back to my house, and Saharah installed a party wall and a parquet floor in my main room.

A party wall and parquet floor.Up at the Dream Suite, Luna told me that Heather from Sakura was my most recent dream visitor. And in the Emporium, I saw a harvest clock for sale. I know the harvest furniture has already been on sale for a week now, but I forgot to mention it. Sadly, I don’t always make it to the shop before they close for the day.

Timmy: The price is 3,333 bells. Are you interested in this item?Tom opened his gate, so I headed over to Tomville. I said hello to Link and Toad–I mean Tom and Harvey.

Tom and Harvey in Tomville.I felt like the only one without a costume, so I put on a yellow pumpkin head. Before long, Tom’s other friend Pichi also came over for a visit.

Pichi and me.In Tom’s house, I was telling Harvey that the mush TV looks like his head.

Jeff: This TV is like your head.Unfortunately, we got disconnected soon after that. Tom didn’t reopen, but he asked if he could drop Katie off at my town, so I opened up.

Tom and Katie arriving in Forest.Tom buried a new pitfall behind my gravestone face-cutout standee, and then Wendy came over to visit too. It didn’t take long for her to find the grave and fall into it. She didn’t look happy, from what I could see.

An angry Wendy in a pitfall.I started fishing for a horse mackerel, and fortunately, it didn’t take me long to catch one. Tom didn’t stick around long though; he left to go to bed. But I gave Molly the fish and she rewarded me with a blue-check shirt.

Molly: Hey! You've made my aquatic dream come true!Wendy and I hung out for a few minutes.

Jeff: Smirk-o-lantern.She then let me sell some peaches in her town Pawnee. I also stopped for a quick nap.

Napping in Pawnee.I also said hello to my puppy Daisy, who was eager to serve me.

Daisy: So, what can I do for you?I also stopped to visit with Kiki. This may be my only chance to see Kiki around now, since she just moved out of my ACCF town.

Kiki: Um...give me your honest opinion. How does my outfit look?!Wendy ended the session and I returned home. I put the game away for a while, but I picked it back up later to check K.K.’s Saturday night performance.

K.K.: Enough tuning--let's groove. This next one is for you, Jeff. It's called Lucky K.K.