For the Love of Fish

Astrid’s star has officially fizzled out, as I received her goodbye letter in the mail today.

To: Jeff, I'm moving out of town. I hope we bump into each other in Forest, so I can say good-bye in person! If not...farewell! -Astrid

Over by Nook’s shop, Roscoe was telling me about Tom Nook’s past. He said he used to be a scofflaw; a criminal!

Roscoe: I guess back in the day, he was a whole different raccoon. A bit of a scofflaw, even.

He even said it was convenient that Tom Nook has that mask around his eyes! đŸŠč

Roscoe: Not to spill too much, but apparently it was a good thing he'd always have that mask around his eyes!

Moments later, I was walking behind the shop when I heard a flea jumping around. I saw Ruby, so I smacked her with the net…but it wasn’t her. The funny thing is that I didn’t see anyone else around! I kept looking though, and I eventually found out it was Roscoe. I caught his flea, and he exclaimed “Whoa!”

Roscoe: Whoa!
A horse isn’t supposed to say whoa to a person!
A person is supposed to say whoa to a horse.

Once he got over the shock, he thanked me for catching the flea and curing him of his itch.

Next I went over to the Roost, where K.K. Slider performed K.K. Dixie for me.

K.K.: All right, get ready to dig the riffs on this ditty: K.K. Dixie.

And before wrapping up my game for the night, I went over to town hall just to…mail a letter? Just kidding, there was no letter. I was just there to mess with Phyllis. 😆

Phyllis: What, now you DON'T want to send a letter? (Oh, for the love of fish...)

That’s all for tonight, but I hope to see you next week.

Astrid’s Adieu

I decided to check on my Nook points total today; I have 14,226 points. That’s more than I’d need to buy any of the available items…although I don’t plan on buying any right now.

Left: 14,226 Point.

Astrid was all packed up and ready to move out of town today. As Gin joked in the comments section last time, maybe Astrid was needed in some other town to help rid that town of Kitty. 😆 If you don’t get it, it’s a reference to what happened in Forest in 2020. (tldr; Kitty & Astrid had a fight, then Kitty moved out the next week.)

Astrid: Aha! It's you, sparkles... Well, you're right on time, hop on.

Tom asked me to deliver a gift (a bone shirt) to Grizzly, and I accepted the challenge.

Grizzly: I just mentioned wanting a bone shirt in passing, and POOF, here it is!

When I returned to Tom, he thanked me for making the delivery. And he rewarded me with a checkout counter.

After selling some items, my savings balance reached 61 million bells.

Your current balance is 61,000,000 bells.

A few hours later, I went down to the Roost for K.K. Slider’s Saturday night show. I asked for a random song, and he performed K.K. Samba for me.

K.K.: All right, get ready to dig the riffs on this ditty: K.K. Samba.

Hide and Psychic

Mint is now over her cold, as she told me in a letter. She sent me a ranch bookcase to thank me for the medicine I gave her last week.

Astrid told me that she was thinking about moving out of town.

Astrid: Yes, I'm thinking it might be time to leave this town, hop on.

Even though she’s only been here for 3.5 months, I didn’t try to stop her. I just wasn’t in the mood to put any effort into keeping her around, when I don’t really care about a mediocre kangaroo. 😛 Not to mention, she lived in Forest just a few years ago anyway.

Near River’s house, Nana asked me to play a game of hide-and-seek with her and her friends.

Nana: Some friends and I were just about to play a quick round of hide-and-seek!

She gave me 15 minutes to find her, Mint, and Roscoe. Mint was the first one I found; she was hiding behind Nook ‘n’ Go. Her snooty personality was showing, and she somewhat angrily asked why I didn’t find the other hiders before her.

Mint: Oh! By the way, why didn't you go find other people before you found me?

I later found Roscoe behind a tree, and with eight minutes remaining, I found Nana peeking out from behind my house.

Nana peeks out from behind my house during a game of hide-and-seek.

Nana gave me a mega alloid for winning the game, and she wondered if I have ESP. She even suggested that I should become a telephone psychic. 😛

Nana: Have you ever given any thought to becoming a telephone psychic, sparkles?
I knew you were going to say that.

Later on, I attended K.K. Slider’s Saturday night show at the Roost. I asked for a random song, and he performed K.K. Steppe for me.

K.K.: All right, get ready to dig the riffs on this ditty: K.K. Steppe.