The Cake is a Lie

I got a great surprise today. Curly’s replacement has moved in, and it’s Jeremiah the blue frog!

Jeremiah: Eep! My place still isn't ready, and neither am I! I'm Jeremiah, and I just moved here today.

He lived in Forest before, back in 2013. And I currently have him in my New Leaf town, too. He is one of my favorite frogs, and also one of my favorite villagers overall. I’m glad to have him here! Welcome to Forest, Jeremiah! 🙂

Ruby begged asked me to play hide-and-seek with her, and I agreed to play. She said afterwards, we could scream and laugh and eat cake. 😆

Ruby: I'll hide and you seek, and then we'll find each other and scream and laugh and eat cake and, PLEASE!

She gave me ten minutes to find her, Big Top, and Monty. It took me less than two minutes to find Ruby, hiding behind Antonio’s house.

Ruby peeks out from behind a house during a game of hide and seek.

I found Big Top near the dead end, and then Monty trying to hide behind a sign post. 😆

Monty tries to hide behind a sign post.

For winning the game, Ruby rewarded me with a tall nebuloid. Unfortunately, there was no mention of the cake she promised. The cake is a lie. 🍰

Ruby: Whooo! Fresh air and a good sweat! That was fun, Giddyup! ...Kinda stinky, but fun!

I found Don enjoying some coffee at the Roost. He told me that Saturday evenings, he and Resetti get together and tally up the resets. But he said he couldn’t give me that information. 😛

Don: Every Saturday evenin' us moles get together to crunch the numbers and tally up resets, right?

Later on, Patty was out for a walk…and she got mad at me. She thought I was against walking, even though I didn’t even say anything to suggest that (not to mention, I was out for a walk myself). This cow has some issues.

Patty: Yes, I'm out walking. So what? What's your deal? Are you part of that anti-walking crowd?

I walked on over to the Roost, where K.K. Slider was putting on his usual Saturday night show. I asked him for a random song, and he performed K.K. Calypso for me.

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

Enjoy the rest of your weekend, and I’ll see you next time!

The Bug Master

Yesterday, I received Curly’s goodbye letter in the mail (as expected).

Yo, Jeff, It's time for me to bail on Forest and take these biceps on tour! They're just too big for one town. Don't worry, you'll see 'em again! Peace! -Curly

At Nook ‘n’ Go, I saw Tom Nook was selling a silver slingshot (in addition to a regular one). I didn’t need it, but I took a screenshot anyway. It was worth a shot. 😉

Tom Nook: Yes, yes, that's something I don't get in too often! Indeed, it's rare to see a silver slingshot!

Patty was telling me that she ran into Pete, and he kept talking and talking…boring her to death. So she gave me an excuse to use if he keeps blabbing to me. 😛

Patty: If he starts talking, just pretend your tummy hurts and run off, how-now! That's what I had to do.
Patty, I’d love to listen to you complain about Pete more, but my stomach hurts. Gotta go!

I saw a big fish shadow in the river, and I fished out this dorado. I took this screenshot mid-flight. 😛

Fishing out a dorado.

On the same day that I received Curly’s goodbye letter, I actually saw Curly in the city! He didn’t seem to recognize me, sadly. But he told me about his shopping routine…as Yuka walked by! 😱

Curly: Today's menu: scarf lunch, do some quick stretches to prevent shopper's cramp, then back to shopping!

The Bug-Off was held today, and Nat informed me that Monty was the winner. He caught a 63-point walkingstick to secure the win.

My other monkey wasn’t having such a good day. Nana was sick with a cold, so I gave her some medicine. Get well soon, Nana!

Mint was telling me about a beauty tip she read in Ms. Nintendique magazine: It recommended bathing in mint tea! I’ve seen this dialogue before of course, but it’s funnier now because it’s Mint talking about mint tea. So she’s bathing in…herself?

Mint: Maybe I'll try that bath using mint tea I read about recently in my Ms. Nintendique magazine.

I went over to the Roost to check out K.K. Slider Saturday night show, and he performed “K.K. Cruisin'” for me. 🚗

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

Antonio asked me for some doll-like furniture, but I couldn’t find any for him. I even shook trees to find the two furniture items, but they were just a cello and a cabin couch. I checked the lost-and-found too, and I had no luck there either.

But while I was at the gate, I also asked Booker who was in town. I knew Nat was in town for the Bug-Off, but I was surprised to see Booker refer to him as “the bug master.” 😆

Booker: Uh, yeah... The bug master came through here early this morning, but...

What a title to have, haha.

Enjoy the rest of your weekend, and I’ll see you next time! Never Stop Crossing!

Curly Leaving Early

With fall approaching, I decided to change my clothes for the first time in a couple months. 😆 At Able Sisters, almost everything still looked summer-like…except for this gray tartan. So I bought it and put it on. For now, at least.

Mabel: Oh, that looks absolutely perfect on you! Shall I wrap it up?

As the sun was going down, the sky was clear and it looked really pretty. I could see some of my constellations in the sky above, and I snapped a photo.

The pretty evening sky in Animal Crossing: City Folk.

This area does look a little empty, even if the camera did hide a tree or two when I looked up at the sky. This is essentially where I held my Pitfall Pandemonium six years ago, and I apparently never fully replenished the trees that used to reside here.

When I went in to visit Curly, I was surprised to find him packed up and ready to ditch town!

Curly: So, I'm gonna be packing up and moving. It'd be a waste to keep biceps like these in one town.

He’s only lived in town for five months, and honestly, it doesn’t even feel like it’s been that long. Maybe he found Forest life to be a boar bore. I’m a little sad to see him go, but I’m sure we’ll meet again somewhere. In one universe town or another.

After 8:00, I checked out K.K. Slider’s show at the Roost. I asked for a random song, and he played K.K. Dixie for me.

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

After the show, I took the long way home, walking along the beach. Maybe it’s the nostalgia of the 8 p.m. music, but I feel like I already miss bug-catching season…even though it just ended two weeks ago. I didn’t play as much this summer as I did last summer, and I’m just a bit sad that it’s gone. Or maybe I’m just in a weird mood tonight. 😛

See you next time. Never Stop Crossing.