Marcel Marches Out

Yesterday, Queenie told me that she heard Blathers going on and on about fossils. (No surprise there.) Even though she didn’t relate to the fossil love, she appreciated his attention to detail.

Queenie: He loves info tidbits as much as I love berry crumble.

Marcel informed me that he’s going to be moving out of town! I didn’t say a word about changing his mind.

Marcel: Hey, J-rock, I know this is kinda sudden, but I have to move out of Forest.

Of my 1-hour 15-minute Friday night session, one hour was spent bug hunting. And in that time, I earned about 160,000 bells. I would have played longer, but I was falling asleep and I needed a nap. 😛

I only spotted one shark the whole time… and a mosquito bit me just before I had a chance to reel it in. Oof.

Boomer was sick with a cold, so I gave him some medicine yesterday, and then again today.

Boomer: I don't feel so good. I don't even feel like eating... I'm scared, human!

Tonight was K.K. Slider night, and the singing dog performed “Only Me” again. That’s the same song he played two weeks ago!

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

To my surprise, Marcel was already packed up in boxes today! He sure wasn’t clowning around about moving!

Marcel: It's been a blast. I'll keep my memories of Forest forever, like ratty, old stuffed animals.

Apollo wanted a new greeting, but I didn’t want to bother thinking up something. But I was mildly amused by how he looked so much bigger than me (because I was standing down in the sand). 😛

Apollo: Boss. Can I talk at ya for a sec?

But when Wart Jr. had the same request, I told him to say “Pop my warts.” 😛

Wart Jr.: Heh... Pop my warts!! I can feel myself sounding like a nicer person already!

In my one-hour, 45-minute session tonight, I earned more than 220,000 bells. I’m still a long way from my summer goal though, so I’ll be back at the bug-hunt grind soon!

All Strudel, No Cash

K.K. Slider was in town at the Roost tonight. I asked him for a random song, and he played K.K. Lament for me.

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

It’s a good song, but it seems like K.K. keeps giving me sad songs lately!

Big Top was outside, trying to get some bells from me. He told me that he spent all of his allowance on apple strudel.

Big Top: I spent my entire allowance on apple strudel, and now I'm out of cash!
It’s not my fault you were careless with your money!

So he wanted me to buy his cabana screen for 2,709 bells! That’s a lot of money for something I don’t want…especially when I’m already behind schedule on my summer bug-catching goal. I had to tell him no this time. Sorry, big guy.

My bug hunt was going okay, but not great. However, I did manage to snag two golden stags just two minutes apart!

I caught a golden stag! The light, the blinding light!

In my one-hour-and-15-minute session, I earned 160,000 bells. My proudest accomplishment of the night was catching two tarantulas without being stung. There’s usually at least one of those suckers that jumps out and ambushes me. 😋

As for random items, I found a campfire in the recycle bin and a “? block” in a balloon present.

Growing Warts

A new villager popped into town, and I was not happy to meet him face to face. It was Wart Jr.!

Wart Jr.: Huh? How did you get in here?
No. How did YOU get in here?!

To think I traded Stitches for Wart Jr. 😞

At the Roost, I asked K.K. Slider for a random song. He played “Only Me.” That’s a good sad song, but it’s one that I tend to forget about.

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

I later went bug hunting, and it went pretty smoothly…except for one little incident: A scorpion and a tarantula both attacked me at the same time!

Jeff gets attacked by a scorpion and a tarantula at the same time.
The world’s first Scorpantula.

Okay, technically the scorpion came first, and then I ran into the sight line of the tarantula too. But it didn’t end well for me. 😛

In all, I earned 139,000 bells in a 54-minute session (and about 20 minutes of that was just doing my normal routine). So it was about half an hour of bug-hunting.

If you didn’t see my latest video, I posted City Folk Moments #14 the other day. Check it out!