Day Chickens

Over by Nook ‘n’ Go today, Big Top was talking about early birds, night owls, and…day chickens? 😂

Big Top: Here in Forest, there are early birds and night owls, and, um, what do you call them...day chickens?
Yes. Day chickens.

His point was just that the convenience store, with its long hours, is open for all three types of people. Or… birds.

I was disappointed to see that Wolfgang is moving out of town. Why couldn’t it be Maelle, Curt, or Gwen instead?

Wolfgang, packed up in boxes: See, this whole moving thing came up so fast I didn't think I'd have time to stay good-bye to folks.

At the Roost, K.K. Slider performed Lean on Me Soulful K.K. for me.

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

My least favorite villager, Maelle, was talking trash about Big Top and Goldie (two of my favorites). She said she enjoys watching them throw shaved ice at each other, so she hopes they never get along. 😡

Maelle: It's fun to see them throw shaved ice at each other, so I hope they never get it sorted out!

Queenie asked me to catch a pill bug for her, and I agreed to help out. I had to bang six rocks first, but that wasn’t too difficult. When I took it over to her, she rewarded me with a Persian rug.

Queenie: Is this...? It IS! You brought the pill bug I wanted!

When I went to the city, I saw that the entrance to the Resetti Surveillance Center was open. I went inside, but neither Resetti nor Don was there! The lights were on, but nobody was home.

The Resetti Surveillance Center, with nobody home.

Starry Night

Curt was sick today, so I gave him some medicine that I had attached to a letter. After he drank it down, his pupils got really tiny! It looked odd.

Curt: Huh? Heeey! I feel all warm and tingly inside! Is this what happiness feels like, fuzzball?
Don’t say I was never nice to you. But I can’t promise it will ever happen again. 😛

I got to see the inside of Pudge’s house now that he’s unpacked, and it’s pretty cool! You gotta love that Arwing!

Pudge: If you wanted to, you could invite some of your friends to visit Forest.

Goldie asked me for some table-esque furniture, and Tom wanted something dignified. I was unable to find any tables, but I found a paper lantern at Nook ‘n’ Go. I wasn’t sure if it would qualify as “dignified,” but it was only 640 bells, so I gave it a chance. The small risk paid off, because Tom loved it.

Tom: Nice! I see something paper lantern in your grubby little paws!

He rewarded me with a go board.

There was a meteor shower underway, and I was able to snap a screenshot of Queenie talking about shooting stars…as one was flying overhead in the background.

Queenie: When I see a shooting star, I wonder if all the other stars in the sky get really jealous.

It was a fairly heavy meteor shower, so I was able to get screenshots of two shooting stars on-screen at once. In this pic, they were right next to each other!

Two shooting stars fly by overhead.

Window into the Soul

Shortly before midnight tonight, I spotted the northern lights up in the sky. I really like the look of auroras in this game; I think they’re prettier than the New Leaf auroras, and they fill up the whole screen (unlike the ones in New Horizons).

The northern lights in Animal Crossing: City Folk.

I was on my way over to the Roost, and I found Gwen enjoying some coffee there. She pointed out that Brewster likes to decorate his shelves with gyroids, which of course, I was well aware.

Gwen: Hmm. Ever notice that Brewster likes to decorate his shelves with gyroids?

I asked K.K. Slider to play a song for me, and he performed K.K. Parade for me (…and Gwen).

After the show, I spotted a huge fish shadow in the river. I fished out a stringfish! That’s an easy 15k! Yay! 😀

Catching a stringfish in Animal Crossing: City Folk.

Both of today’s snowballs were near Nook ‘n’ Go, so I rolled them up into a snowman. He was perfect, so he should be sending me a reward in the mail. But at some point this winter, I do want to roll up an awful, disproportionate snowman…just for fun. 😛

Snowman: Shivering snowflakes! Look at this craftsmanship!

I took the bus out to the city, and almost everything was closed except for Redd’s shop (and the auction house, which never closes). You can still walk inside of the Happy Room Academy, although you can’t enter the “model room” room. 😛 You can’t sit on any of the chairs in here, but interestingly, I realized that you can read this sign on the table.

*Happy Room Academy* The home is a window into the soul, and sunlight brightens your life.

I don’t remember reading this sign before, but it’s likely that I have done it years ago, and just forgot about it.

Have a good night, everyone! 🌙