Meet River

On Tuesday, I happened to be standing beside Nook ‘n’ Go, and I noticed all the little rain/dampness spots on the roof had different shapes and sizes. So I just took this photo. 😛

The roof of Nook 'n' Go in Animal Crossing: City Folk.

Gabi has been sick with a cold, so I gave her some medicine Tuesday, Wednesday, and yesterday.

Gabi: Wow... This tastes like felt-tip marker.
Why do you know what a felt-tip marker tastes like?

On Wednesday, Marcel told me that he plans to move out of town. I did not try to stop him.

Marcel: But if something doesn't happen to change things, it looks like I'll probably be going, non...

I’ve decided to make a new guide (or two), so I ended up making a new female character, named River. That’s right, the formerly empty house by the river is now the River house. 😛 It’s not just the clementine house any more. 😉

Tom Nook: From now on, this is your house, River.

But today, I was surprised to see Wendell waiting for River! He gave River the “mayor’s flag” pattern, which was free DLC sent out via SpotPass WiiConnect24 many years ago. I guess it was still saved on my system somehow. But wow, I had no idea it would still deliver this!

Wendell: ...So glad I found someone good to take Mayor's flag!

I won’t be playing as River very much (at least once I’m done with what I’m working on), but it will also give me additional storage space. I could always store more flowers, candy, or patterns with her. We’ll see.

I switched back to Jeff, and I saw that Gabi was finally over her cold today. She thanked me for the medicine by giving me a bow. (A bow meaning the weapon, like the one that shoots arrows.) 🏹

And Kapp’n had some different dialogue I don’t normally see; he assumed that I live in a drafty tree fort! What the heck, Kapp’n?

Kapp'n: Ye gots to be sure a lass won't run for the hills when she sees that drafty tree fort ye be livin' in!

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Treeless Hiding

Poncho told me he was no good at ocean fishing tonight. I thought he was about to ask me to catch an ocean fish for him, but he didn’t. 🤷

Poncho: I'm no good at ocean fishing. The waves push the fish close, and my hugeness scares them off.

Antonio asked me to play a game of hide-and-seek, and I agreed to give it a try. Nothing was going on anyway. 😛 He gave me 15 minutes to find him, Harry, and Queenie. Antonio didn’t go far; I found him hiding right behind the bulletin board!

Antonio peeks out from behind the bulletin board during a game of hide-and-seek in Animal Crossing: City Folk.
Antonio: Yaaaargh, you got me! Honk!

I later found Harry hiding behind Able Sisters, and Queenie was hiding behind her own house!

Harry: What?! How did you defeat my ninja stealth haze, I'm evil?
Queenie hides behind her own house.

So none of them were hiding behind trees, and only one of them was behind a house. That probably doesn’t happen often. Anyway, Antonio gave me a mega sproid (gyroid) as my prize for winning the game.

I headed down to the Roost to check out K.K. Slider’s Saturday night show. I asked for a random song, and he performed Go K.K. Rider! for me. I was wearing appropriate headgear for the song. 🏎️😆

K.K.: All right, get ready to dig the riffs on this ditty: Go K.K. Rider!.

It’s a good song, and I enjoyed the show.

I caught an oak silk moth and an eel tonight, but I’m missing all the summer bugs that are now out of season. Forest feels a bit lonely now.

One Scorpion, 3 Trades

Late on Sunday night, I started up the game hoping to catch some of the fireworks festival. However, it was just after midnight, and the event had already ended. So I completely missed out on fireworks in City Folk this year. Oops. But at least Tortimer was still hanging out in front of town hall…

Tortimer: Well. I guess this is it for fireworks this year. No more fireworks until next year. How sad...

Many of my villagers still had fireworks-related dialogue, so I almost felt like I had been part of it, at least indirectly. 😛

Poncho: That empty, boomless feeling you get when the Fireworks Show is over really bums me out, li'l bear.
Harry: Phew... How long have I been on my feet? But I couldn't let the fireworks outlast me, I'm evil!

I found three items in the recycle bin: A gold econo-chair, a glass-top table, and a turntable. It’s pretty rare to find three items in there all at once…but it got even better. Later on, I also found a pine bonsai in there as well! Four items in one session is very rare.

Marcel was still sick with a cold, so I gave him more medicine on Sunday. When I played again tonight, he had sent me a letter telling me he was all better now. He sent me a lovely chair as a thank-you gift.

Nana was fully unpacked, so I got a good look at her house tonight. She has a fruit theme, and that makes perfect sense, considering she’s named after a banana herself.

Nana's fruit-themed house in Animal Crossing: City Folk (ACCF) for Nintendo Wii.

I spent the last hour of August catching some bugs (and fish) to enjoy the last bit of summer. But the fun ended at the crack of midnight, when September began and tons of crickets suddenly started appearing.

I caught a cricket! That's the ticket!

In an instant, many of the rare bugs were gone. But I did still catch a few, including a scorpion that Tom (the cat) offered me 12,698 bells for. (Naturally, I sold it to him.) After I grabbed a vertigo shirt from the lost and found, Tom pinged me again. He wanted the shirt, and he offered me the scorpion that he just bought! I was shocked! 😲

Tom: I'll give you a good deal! My new scorpion for it! Whaddays say?

Of course I made the trade. That’s two amazing trades from Tom. In effect, Tom paid me nearly 13k for a shirt that I got for free! Amazing! It got even better when Grizzly later bought the scorpion from me for 10,752 bells. 😆

If you look at the series of trades another way, I got over 23k for a scorpion and a shirt. 😲

Since I had trouble finding more rare bugs though, so I sold several rounds of foreign fruit. I ended up being able to boost my bank account balance up to 58 million bells! So I beat my summer goal by a cool half million bells. 😎

Your current balance is 58,000,000 bells.