Superhero Party?

When I visited Agent S last Thursday, I found that Big Top was also at her house. Agent S said it was like having a dance party. But to me, it seemed more like a superhero party with both of them there.

Agent S: Whoa! You're here too, dumpling? Woohoo! You plus Big Top equals...dance party!

Olivia the snooty cat was camping at the campsite. I already have her in my Wild World town, and one of her is enough. 😛

Olivia: You're from Forest, right?

I went to Katrina’s fortune-telling shop to check out her prices…and to get my fortune told. She charged me 500 bells to tell me that I need to wear western pants to improve my luck.

Katrina: Pink and blue alpacas... Oh my stars, what's this...? Still on their honeymoon, it seems...

I realized that her prices have increased in almost every game.

This is in sharp contrast to Brewster, who has always charged 200 bells for a cup of coffee.

Yesterday, Saharah was in town, and I paid her 3,000 bells for new carpet and wallpaper. She installed a lattice wall and a kiddie carpet; I had no interest in keeping them.

A lattice wall and kiddie carpet.

I was happy to find that the museum gift shop had a silver shovel for sale. I gladly paid the 500 bells to replace the shovel I lost on Halloween.

Celeste, after abruptly waking from a nap: Hrmmrmrmrm... Oh! Dear me!

Tonight, I ran into Boots near the Roost. He said he was exhausted from doing 10,000 squats today! That’s impressive! Compared to Boots, I haven’t done squat. 😛

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

Shortly after speaking with Boots, I ran into mittens! Well, actually just one mitten.

I picked up a lost item!

I asked around to see which of my villagers had dropped the lost item. Eventually, I returned the mitten to its owner, Lolly. She thanked me by giving me her mango.

Lolly: Thank you so much! Please take my mango as a token of my appreciation.

I hadn’t seen Cube around lately, and I was determined to say hello. So that meant I had to search the museum for him. Sure enough, I found him there…in the fossil room. He seemed a bit irritated that I haven’t spoken to him!

Cube: I don't like being ignored! If you see me around, say hi! After all, it's only polite.

It’s not my fault he’s almost never in town! He’s always hiding somewhere, usually in the museum. Maybe I should just stick him in an ice cube tray and leave him in the freezer, so it’ll be easier to find him. 😉 🧊

According to Luna, my recent dream visitors include Noemi from Pachess, Tawnysky from Oakclan, and Spinal from SaladBlv. Thanks for stopping by, and enjoy your weekend!

Halloween 2021

I played yesterday (October 30th), and Cube warned me to have enough candy for Halloween, or else I’ll be getting pranked.

Cube: It's finally Halloween tomorrow! You'd better get some candy together, or you might get pranked!

Even though the shop only sells one piece of candy a day, I decided to test my luck during the Halloween festivities tonight. The event works differently in New Leaf than it does in other games, at least when it comes to indoor villagers. We have to wear the specific mask that will scare each villager. If we choose correctly, they will give us candy.

Molly: WAAAAH! Please, scary ghost, take a piece of candy and go away!

I had notes for some of my villagers thanks to a previous blog entry. However, I didn’t have any notes for Boots, and I guessed wrong. That meant if I wanted candy from him, I had to play a game for it. Unfortunately, he chose the made-ya-look game. You have to guess which direction the villager will turn their head…and I guessed wrong.

Boots: Aw, you flunked the last round.
Boots: This means... Hooray! I won the game! In 1 bite!

He punished me, although I didn’t notice the problem immediately because my clothes didn’t change. But I did have some old flooring in my pockets that wasn’t there before. I later figured it out when I went to dig up a fossil: My shovel was gone! My silver shovel got turned into old flooring!

For some reason, I was thinking tools were safe…and the gold ones are safe. But I had been using the silver shovel, so I’ll have to check out the museum gift shop to replace it. Oops.

When I visited Cube, I also guessed his fear wrong…

Cube: A huh huh huh! I know you're trying to scare me, but your getup is just cracking me up!

But fortunately, he wanted to play charades. That mini-game is pretty easy to win, since it’s not just random chance.

Outside, the villagers dressed up as Jack are pretty easy to avoid (unlike on GameCube). But they do still try to chase you if you get too close to them.

Two villagers wearing pumpkins try to chase me down.

Overall, the event went pretty well. I got some lollipops from villagers and gave them to Jack for creepy furniture.

Jack: Sooo sweeet!

I played long enough to acquire four of the creepy items: Jack gave me two creepy statues, a creepy coffin, and a creepy bat stone. I sold them all for a total of…2,600 bells? Wait, that’s it? This is not a profitable event in New Leaf. It wasn’t worth continuing, especially since I’ve already collected all the items in the past.

According to Luna, my recent dream visitors include Jake from Florida and Cindie from Arrows. Thanks for stopping by, and Happy Halloween! 🎃

I’m a Ghost

Jack recently sent me a letter reminding me about Halloween coming up at the end of the month, and he sent me a ghost mask to get me started. I decided to put it on right away…even if that’s only because I had some bedhead and the salon was closed. 😛

Jeff puts on a ghost mask.

A message on the bulletin board said that the fishing tournament had concluded. However, no winner was named.

10/10/2021 The Fishing Tourney for this month has concluded. The next event will be held on November 20th, 2021! We hope to see you there!

That seems to indicate that the tourney was actually cancelled…and that goes against the spirit of Animal Crossing. Life in the game supposedly goes on whether you’re there or not.

On Sunday (October 17th), Agent S asked me to dig up her time capsule. So I did, and when she opened it, we discovered a foosball table inside. She gave it to me as my reward for helping out.

Agent S: For helping me out, you should get what I stuffed in there! Please take the foosball table.

There was a meteor shower underway tonight, so I wished on several shooting stars. This was my favorite picture, showing two shooting stars above my statue fountain.

Jeff the ghost wishes on some shooting stars in Animal Crossing: New Leaf.

Up on Main Street, Elise the ugly monkey was complaining about the crowds. But it was nighttime, and there wasn’t much of anyone around! Unless she was complaining about me being around. 😛

Elise: Argh, these crowds! You know, I do love shopping, jeff, but the lines and the competition get to me.

Back in town, Inkwell asked me for a piece of fruit. I gave him a perfect peach and he loved it.

Inkwell: Yummahumma!

He gave me an imperial tile in return. I looked all around to find Cube, but he’s another one of those villagers that seems to disappear. I even checked the entire the museum, and he wasn’t there. And then by 11:00, he was already asleep.

According to Luna, my recent dream visitors have been Ella from Starcat and Emanuel from TAvilage. Thanks for stopping by!