Ghosts & Glitches

I walked into Molly’s house today, and it took me a few seconds to actually find her.

Molly hiding in plain sight.And for the third time in four days since my town filled up, I had a camper! Today it was Wart Jr.; I didn’t want him to move in, but it’s just crazy how all the campers only show up when I don’t have space to add them.

Wart Jr.: Hey, I have an idea. Why don't we take your perfect peaches and play a game?Up at the Dream Suite, Luna told me that Raven from Korasco was my most recent dream visitor.

At 10:00, I opened my gate for Friday Night Forest. For about ten minutes, nobody showed up. And then three people came all at once! Ash, Wendy, and T. Zelda came over to visit.

Ash, Wendy, Jeff, and TZ.After a few minutes, we headed out to the island for some tours. I believe T. Zelda did all the tour choosing tonight. We started with a hammer tour and then we played an ore-gathering tour. I got last place on the hammer tour, but first place on the ore tour.

Tortimer: Jeff gets 6 medals, T. Zelda gets 4 medals.We then played a quick hide-and-seek game, and I found two of the four animals. Usually I’m lucky if I find one. 😛 T. Zelda picked another hammer tour, but not long after we started, everyone else froze up. I was chasing Tortimer alone. I figured that meant we were about to disconnect, and indeed, we did.

I re-opened the gate, and again, nobody came in for nearly ten minutes. But then Ash returned and Ryan joined in as well. Aurora asked me for an ocean fish, and I gave her a sea bass. She rewarded me with a flame tee, which I put on.

Aurora: It's a flame tee.I bought some coffee-to-go from the cafe, and I finished it off while sitting on the bench.

Drinking coffee on the bench.Down on the beach, Ryan informed me that Gulliver was there. I couldn’t wake him up while the gate was open, but I didn’t really care. I have all of his items anyway, so I just let him rest in peace.

Gulliver sleeping on the beach.While Ash was swimming, she said she ran into a shark. I asked if she survived the encounter, and she said no. So naturally, we started calling her a ghost and making ghost jokes and puns.

Jeff: I see right through your jokes.When Ryan didn’t like my jokes, he would “boo” me, which was also a ghost joke in itself.

Ryan told me Drago was wearing lipstick, so I went to check it out. Not only did I get to see his lipstick, but I think this was also my first look inside his house.

Inside Drago's house.Back outside, Gala asked me for a piece of fruit. As much as I’d love to stick an apple in her mouth and spin her over an open fire, I decided to give her a perfect pear. She enjoyed it and gave me her tricycle? I would have preferred if she had kept the tricycle but let me see her try to ride it! A pig riding a tricycle? That’s viral video material!

Gala: I'm so satisfied! Here, I'll give you my tricycle as my way of saying thank you.After some bug-catching, I asked Ryan and Ash to join me for some glitching on Main Street. I went into the pond, and they tried to fish me out.

Ash: We almost got him.Unfortunately, Ash and Ryan didn’t have tweeters and didn’t know how to net glitch. So they couldn’t join me in the fun. But I went on top of the museum and I could see part of the menu screen up in the sky. Is this real life or are we in the Matrix?

Standing on top of the museum.I also went over to the cliff and got a nice view of the museum.

The view of the museum from the nearby cliff.Shortly after midnight, Ryan told me he was going to leave. So I went ahead and ended the party for the night. I hope you all have a great weekend!

Rabbit Trap

Saharah was in town today, so I hired her to redecorate. She put in a cheese floor and a plaster wall. I had no intentions of keeping either.

A cheese floor and plaster wall.Back outside, I ran into Dotty. She said she was feeling hyper and she asked me how she could chill out. I told her to jump in a pitfall seed.

Dotty: What? You want me to jump into a pitfall to chill out? that's pretty extreme, Jeff.She wasn’t very keen on the idea at first, but then she ultimately agreed that it would be super effective!

Dotty: But now that I think about it... Pretty darn effective. You're a genius, Jeff!So like a good neighbor, I helped her out!

Dotty struggling to get out of a pitfall.I thought she would be grateful, but after she climbed out of the hole, she was actually mad! How rude! I was just helping her out!

Dotty: AHHH!!! I'm usually good at keeping my cool, but that is SO not gonna happen right now! I am MAD!!!She was steaming, so I thought I would help her even more by cooling her off. Surely the rushing air of a swinging net to her head would be cool and refreshing, right? But for some reason, that didn’t make her feel any better!

Dotty: Now just hold on! What's gotten into you? You DO know that makes me like you a LOT less, right?!Well if she’s going to act like this in response to my acts of kindness, maybe I should just be mean to her next time!

Anyway, I went up to Main Street and Luna told me Jake from Florida was my most recent dream visitor.

I took a trip out to the island, and I saw that hide-and-seek was one of today’s tours. So I went on the official one.

Rod: Whoa! You found me!I found all four animals with three minutes and 23 seconds remaining. That was good enough for a gold Tortimer award and nine medals.

Tortimer: That was fast! Really fast! You've earned a Gold Tortimer award, meaning you get 9 medals!I then returned home for the night. Friday Night Forest returns tomorrow!

Dotty’s Evil Side

Today, Frank surprised me by telling me he’s moving out of town on July 13th (Sunday). Normally, I wouldn’t let him go this soon without at least getting his picture. But since I’ve been trying to get under the maximum long enough to have a choice to invite a camper in, I decided to let him go.

Frank: The truth is, I've been thinking it's about time for me to leave this place behind.However…since I don’t have his picture, I’m going to keep talking to him. So there will still be a chance he could change his mind, even though I don’t plan on changing it for him. With that said, if anyone wants him, you can let me know. But just realize that it’s not a 100% sure thing that he will leave. So don’t get upset if he changes his mind.

And after going a long stretch without a camper, I now have had one two days in a row. Today’s camper was Pancetti the pig. But there’s no disappointment this time; I wouldn’t have asked her to move in anyway. Well, unless I was hungry at the time.

Pancetti: Hey there, I'm Pancetti. I'm just in Forest camping for a little while.Drago asked me for a peach, and I gave him a perfect one. He enjoyed it and rewarded me with a rococo table.

Drago: Whoa! That was probably the tastiest perfect peach I've ever eaten, burrrn.As I was checking some items in my storage, Agent S invited herself over. I wish the game provided you with an option to answer the door or not, because these visits can be annoying sometimes.

Agent S: ANYONE HOME? C'mon, open up, Sweet-J!After she left, I later ran into my newest neighbor Dotty on the bridge. Her eyes are kind of frightening. How do we know she’s not a serial killer or anything?

Dotty: Oh, it's totally you! Hello, hello, wee one!She told that she and Big Top were both at the door of the shop, about to enter at the same time. But she pushed Big Top out of the way and went in first! A bunny pushed an elephant out of the way? Either she’s a big liar or she has some sort of evil powers that give her extraordinary strength! Either way, I should probably keep my distance.

Dotty: One of us HAD to go in first, right? So what else could I do? I shoved my way in, wee one!Even worse, she felt she deserved to be thanked for rudely plowing through an innocent elephant! Don’t be so full of yourself, you evil killer rabbit!

Dotty: And no one even THANKED me for breaking up that traffic jam. It's so hard being number one!On one hand, I feel like she deserves to be pitfall’d. But on the other hand, I’m afraid I might end up dead and buried in that hole I dig if I try it! But I think I’ll delay that decision until another day.

Later on, I took a fake painting over to Haley. I didn’t rip her off, she knew the painting was fake and still wanted it. It’s better than throwing it away, at least.

Visiting Haley.When I returned, I went on a shopping run on Main Street. I also checked to see my most recent dream visitor, and Luna told me it was Dia from Stratos.

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