Friday Night No-Show

Tonight, I opened my gate at 10:00 for Friday Night Forest. This is my next-to-last Friday Night Forest and my next-to-next-to-last Wi-Fi night. As I waited for visitors, I watered my flowers and did my usual tasks. I spotted Pascal on my northern bridge; I gave him a scallop and he gave me a ship cannon.

Pascal: Aliens, maaaan. You can't fake that stuff.Move along, Ribbot. You saw nothing.

Ribbot looks on as Pascal dives into the river.Nate’s replacement hasn’t moved in yet, but I finished planting flowers in Nate’s “grave.” This is to help the grass there regrow quicker.

Flowers planted in the spot where Nate's house used to be.I found one new black rose on my walk around town. It isn’t much, but I’ll take it.

A new black rose appears among my other flowers.I waited until 10:45, but nobody showed up. So I closed the gate and ended my game for the night. I guess I had been hoping some of my old Wi-Fi friends would come and visit for these last few Wi-Fi nights, and we’d have some good times like we’ve had many times in the past five and a half years. Sadly, that hasn’t been the case.

I had also been hoping to have enough material for two last Wi-Fi Moments videos, but that’s not looking likely if the final two openings are anything like tonight. Maybe next month will be better…but I’m not holding my breath.

April Fool’s Day

Remember how Nate looked as if he was pondering something on Saturday? I think I found out the reason as I checked my mail today. I got a goodbye letter from him. No warning, he just bolted in the night.

Nate's goodbye letter in Animal Crossing: City Folk for Wii.And today was April Fool’s Day, so Tortimer was outside of town hall to hand out gifts. But as he handed me a gift, I noticed there was no item. He was handing me nothing, and I put that nothing in my pocket. April Fool’s. Oh he got me good, oh ho ho horf.

Tortimer: JUST KIDDING! APRIL FOOL'S! That was a lie! A LIE! I got a whole bag of 'em, sprout!But then he gave me the real gift, which is absolutely real…and yet, just as useless as the nothing. It’s a leaf. Not a New Leaf, just a leaf. You put it in your house and it looks like a leaf because it is a leaf. Oh joy.

The leaf furniture item you get from Tortimer on April Fool's Day.Okay, so I’m not a fan of Tortimer’s sense of humor. But I made my walk around town, and saw that some trees now have pink leaves (to represent cherry blossoms, even though actual cherry trees won’t have them). They’re only around in early April, so enjoy them while you can!

Two pink trees in town.I didn’t find any new black roses today, but I did find a new blue rose. I’ll see you all next time!