Jeff's ACCF Blog

Nat was in town today, and he told me the results of the Bug-Off: Maelle won with a 56-point walkingstick.

Rizzo was sneaking around behind Nat, but he was talking about fishing, not bug-catching.

He also informed me that a large fish shadow means a large fish is in the water. Wow, what a great fishing tip! 😀 Who knew? 😉

Saturday night is K.K. night, so I headed down to the Roost to check out the show. K.K. Slider performed K.K. Safari for me.

Lucky later asked me for a new greeting, and I told him to say “Unwrap me!” 😛

When I spoke with Wolfgang, he was complaining about Tom and Lucky; he said they’ve been fighting like cats and dogs! But that’s exactly what they are!

At Redd’s shop in the city, he had a trio of “scary” looking items, including the scary painting and a spaceman. But then I realized something else: The raccoon figurine is called a “racoon” figurine in this game. So it’s a bit weird to see Redd spell raccoon two different ways in consecutive sentences. 😛

Goldie asked me to give her a hammerhead shark if I happened to catch one. And I did look for a little while, but I didn’t see a single shark fin during my session.

Today, I did something very unusual: I played during the daylight hours! 😛 Wolfgang told me that he was planning on moving out of town. Believe it or not, I told him to stick around. I admit that the old grump has grown on me.

Lucky is now sick with a cold. That’s never fun, but maybe he can at least use his bandages as tissues if he has to sneeze. I gave him some medicine that I had attached to a letter. Get well soon, dawg!

I ran into Queenie, and she was thinking about getting her face done in a “superspecial way” at the salon. That would be funny if villagers actually could get their face or hair done. In fact, it’s a bit surprising that it’s never been added to the series considering all the things they can do in the newer games.

Later on, I went to K.K. Slider’s concert. I asked for a random song, and he whistled Dixie for me.

Outside, Tom asked if I thought the way he talked was nice or scary. I said nice, and he said that if the guys from his old neighborhood heard that, he would never hear the end of it. 😛

Simon asked me to catch a moth for him…and I tried. But I was having an extremely difficult time finding one. In fact, I only spotted one…and I accidentally scared it away.

But while I was looking for a moth, I made a number of good catches. That included two goliath beetles, two rainbow stags, a dorado, a ray, and at least five emperor butterflies. I actually made about 90,000 bells tonight, even though I wasn’t originally planning on doing any hunting. 😛

Sorry, Simon. At least I tried.

Tonight, Puck told me that he had to move out of town! Lucky and Gwen seemed delighted to hear the news. 😛

I told him to stay, but he said he couldn’t. However, I was determined to talk to him again later to change his mind.

In the meantime, I got to see the inside of Simon’s house now that he’s all unpacked. His house looks like a campsite, with a bonfire, a hammock, and a couple of tiki torches. I like what he’s done with the place!

My buddy Tom lost his key in the river. So I kept an eye out for small “fish” shadows in the river throughout my session.

I shot down a balloon present, and it contained a men’s toilet. 😛

Since it’s the last night of August, I made one last bug hunt before most of the valuable bugs vanish for ten months. The hunt started out slow, but then picked up. I did well, earning 150,000 bells in an hour-long session. I met my goal for the summer, and even exceeded it by 100k+.

When the clock struck midnight, I knew the fun was over. 😛 Worthless crickets abounded, and my focus shifted to Tom and Puck. After a total of about 5-6 attempts, Puck finally relented and changed his plans to move.

I found Tom’s key while fishing over the waterfall, and I took it back to him. He gave me a mega echoid to thank me.

Did any of you have a big bug-hunting summer? If you made goals, I hope you met them!

I’ll see you all next time. Never Stop Crossing! 🙂