Gigas Giant Clam

Hornsby sent me a table lamp in the mail today, along with this letter. Apparently he is just now discovering that electricity exists.

Question for you, superstar... You know the way the sun goes away and everything gets real dark and boring? Well, how about if everything didn't need to get real dark and boring? Think about it! G'night! -Hornsby

Nook’s Cranny had an arcade combat game (a space shooter) for sale, so I bought it and placed it in my arcade at the amusement park.

Claude the rabbit was over at the campsite, so I said hello. But I had absolutely no interest in asking him to move in.

Claude: It's a buncha fun camping on this island. The air smells good, like food. I wanna bite it, hopalong!

Saharah was in town, and I bought an imperial wall and crop-circles flooring from her.

Lopez asked me to participate in a treasure hunt, and I agreed to play. For a moment, I thought it was going to be the easiest treasure hunt ever!

Start the treasure hunt!

But that buried item was a fossil, not the treasure. 😀 It took me just over three minutes (of the six-minute time limit) to find the actual treasure, but it ended up with me scoring some free fishing waders.

Lopez: You got to do all the searching, and I just sat here and rubbed my hands together like an evil mastermind.

Celeste showed up later on, and she gave me a D.I.Y. recipe for a flying saucer! Yes! It’s nice to get something besides wand and Zodiac furniture recipes from her for a change. I was starting to wonder if the space items were even in New Horizons, so I’m glad to see they do exist after all. 😛 I made sure to craft my first flying saucer. It seems to hover higher in the air than it did in the older games.

The flying saucer beams up an alien in Animal Crossing: New Horizons.

While diving, I encountered another really fast sea creature. It was tricky to track it down, but I eventually did. I caught my first gigas giant clam!

I got a gigas giant clam! It's kind of a big deal.
KEEP CLAM AND CARRY ON.

After donating it to the museum, I continued diving. My first scallop of the day did not trigger Pascal for some reason (even though my pockets were not full and I wasn’t close to shore). But the 2nd one did trigger Pascal. He gave me a pearl for the scallop, and he mentioned whales (but completely devoid of context).

Pascal: WHAAAAALES. (An extended pronunciation of whales).

Shortly after that, I wrapped up my game for the night. See you next time!