Halloween 2023

Yesterday, I got to see the inside of Egbert’s house, now that he’s all unpacked. He has a lot of robo furniture, including some robotic gyroids (dinkoids, I believe).

The inside of Egbert's house.

Today, I ran into my old buddy Bob in the city. He asked why there aren’t any restaurants around. That’s Bob, always thinking about food. 😛

Bob: Where the heck are all the restaurants around here?

The Halloween festivities began at 6:00 p.m. today, and I dressed up as a mummy. This look qualifies as a costume, so I was able to trick-or-treat to get candy from indoor villagers.

Tom: Oh, it's you! I didn't recognize you in costume for a minute, there!

I began my search for Jack. Along the way, I also tried to trap my outdoor villagers so they wouldn’t hound me for candy. Unfortunately, I didn’t do this before 6:00, so it was trickier than I would have liked.

A trapped villager on Halloween.

But I went around town, finding Jack repeatedly to score spooky furniture.

Jack: Ah, good work, pumpkin. You figured out which of us is the real Jack, czar of Halloween!

Once I had all five of my outdoor villagers trapped, it was pretty easy to find Jack over and over. I ended up with an impressive haul, if I do say so myself. 😛

My haul of spooky Halloween furniture in Animal Crossing: City Folk (ACCF).

I sold my 26 spooky items for a grand total of 268,060 bells. 🙂

I hope you all had fun and scored some goodies (whether it was in-game items, real candy, or some other treat). Happy Halloween! 🎃

Update: Here is a gameplay video showing much of my night:

Egbert’s Return

Spork’s replacement moved into town yesterday, and it was my old buddy Egbert!

Egbert: I was worried that no one had noticed me moving here!
I noticed! Don’t worry, you don’t have to walk on eggshells here.

He previously lived in Forest from 2012-13, and he’s my 2nd-favorite chicken in the series (behind Hank, who hasn’t appeared since GameCube). It’s good to have him back! 🙂

In the city, Phineas gave me a bunny balloon. He started talking about rabbits, right as Francine was walking by. Do you think she heard him? 😆

Phineas: Keep a tight grip on that balloon! Rabbits have a way of getting away from you, you know!

Gabi has been asking me to get her some musical furniture, but none of the shops have had any. Today, she insisted that only I could help her out, because not even the internet could help her. 😆

Gabi: Only you can get me my furniture, Dr. J. Even the internet can't help me!
Actually, she already has some musical furniture. She has that piano, and a xylophone that was off-screen.

Egbert was out of his house today, and he was looking forward to Halloween coming up on Tuesday.

Egbert: Even though creepy stuff always goes down on Halloween, I'll be OK as long as I get candy.

I may actually participate in Halloween this year; I enjoy the event in this game. 🙂 So I may be back then with more. 🙂

Sporks are Disposable

On Thursday, I found Spork in his house, all packed up and ready to go! That was a surprise, but a good surprise!

Spork: Oh, oh, it's sparkles... I-I'm sorry! I didn't mean to take off without saying anything, I'm evil!

That’s the good thing about sporks: They’re disposable. No one has fancy sporks that they only bring out on special occasions. You use them once (or twice, at most) and then throw them in the trash. 😆

Pascal was standing on the northernmost bridge, and I found a scallop to give him. He told me that seaweed is the most beautiful flower.

Pascal: Seaweed is the most beautiful flower of all, maaaan. Believe it.
I don’t believe it. Lay off the seaweed, maaaan.

Spork officially moved out today, and I got his goodbye letter in the mail. At least he used the Super Mario Bros. 3 stationery. That’s probably the coolest thing he’s ever done. 😛

Dear Jeff, Moving day is here, and I feel weird! Half of me is excited to go to my new town, but the other half is sad 'cause I gotta leave. I hope we meet again! -From Spork

Harry was sick with a cold, and he was lucky I had some medicine with me. I gave it to him, and that’s my nice deed for the week. 😆

Harry makes a creepy face as he takes his medicine.
How can I talk you out of ever making that face again?

Saturday is K.K. Slider night, so I headed down to the Roost for the show. Tom was there enjoying some coffee. And for some reason, I don’t know if I ever realized you could talk to K.K. from way over here. 😛

K.K., turning back to see me: Cop a seat, and I'll send you spinning.

Once I sat down, he performed K.K. Love Song for me (and Tom). It’s a sad song, but it’s great. 💖