Metroid!

Tonight, Rowan asked me to find a fruit beetle for him. That’s one of the easiest tasks ever.

Rowan: I am ALL about those crazy things. I'm serious! They're crawling in my dreams.So I walked a few feet and caught one. I gave it to Rowan and he thanked me by giving me a tea-room wall.

Rowan: Yesss! A fruit beetle! HIGH FIVE, bud! You hooked me up big-time.After I was done watering my flowers, I made my way to the beach for the night’s main event: Gulliver.

Gulliver: Oh, wait, that one I know. I'm Gulliver, captain of the Crusty Barnacle... Um. Crusty SPACE Barnacle.It wasn’t an easy journey, but my long wait is over. He gave me the Metroid! Score!

My new Metroid on display in my house.Even though it looks cool, the best part is the short bit of Metroid music it plays. It made me think of how Metroid (the game series) has such great, atmospheric, even haunting music. More than any other Nintendo franchise (yes, even Zelda), I feel that the unique music in Metroid is an integral part of the game. Metroid with a different soundtrack may have still been a good game, but I don’t feel it would have become the classic that it is.

Sorry for going off on a tangent there. But tomorrow night is Friday Night Forest, so check back late tomorrow night for another entry.

Unidentified Flying Seagull

I took the bus to the city today and saw my old doctor villager Buck there. Somehow I wasn’t surprised that he was talking about butts.

Buck: Dude! Are they making bus seats outta slabs of solid granite now?I checked the new items at Crazy Redd’s shop, but he didn’t have anything I was interested in. Phineas was also in the city, so I got a bubble wand from him.

Phineas: OK, settle down, now! I'm sure I've got just the thing for you.Back in Forest, everything indicated that today would be a UFO day. And indeed, at 8:07, the UFO flew overhead. Direct hit!

Shooting a UFO with my slingshot.This was my 19th time shooting down the UFO overall and 9th time in 2012. As I was looking for the spaceship part, Yuka approached me. Even though I didn’t really want to talk to her, I was hoping she was going to say she was moving out. But she was just asking for a new catchphrase. So I gave her one.

What's the catchphrase? I hate you.Meanwhile, I was having a hard time finding the spaceship part. I was starting to get worried. But then I finally spotted it. It was much farther from the impact site than it usually is…perhaps the farthest that I’ve seen it. But I did recover it, and that’s all that matters. Check back tomorrow to find out which rare item Gulliver gives me.

A spaceship part on the ground near my path.

Katie, Kaitlin, and Blanca Too

For the third week in a row, I had to reunite the lost kitten and her mother. This time, I had the mother cat Kaitlin in my town.

Kaitlin: Oh, pickles! My daughter has gone missing again...So later on, Yann agreed to bring Katie over.

Thanking Yann as she arrives in Forest.I noticed that Yann’s tan was getting darker.

Jeff, to Yann: You're getting dark.I also noticed that the grass is a different color now. It’s a bluish green. Strangely enough, it will become green again later on, towards the end of summer.

Jeff: The grass is bluuuuuuu...ish.Yann and I caught bugs for 10-15 minutes or so, and then I closed my gate. But after I did, Rowan was mentioning a cat that he didn’t know if it was male or female.

Rowan: There's this weird cat walking around talking about needing a mirror...And sure enough, now that Kaitlin was gone, Blanca appeared! I never knew you could have the lost cats and Blanca in the same day! Actually, while the gate was open, I had Saharah too! So it was a busy day in terms of visitors! Anyway, Blanca was wearing a creepy face that Ness made. Ness seemingly put a lot of effort into it and did a good job at making Blanca look creepy.

Blanca: Do you think my face says "creepy"?Blanca now wanted a serious face though. I’m too lazy to put much effort into it; I just want Blanca gone tomorrow so she doesn’t interfere with my UFO hunt.

Blanca: Done already? Groovy! Gosh, another new face. What secrets will this one hold?After that, I ended my game for the night.