Yesterday, Gullivarrr the pirate was washed up on the beach. I went diving for his communicator, and I retrieved it on just my 2nd dive.
Hornsby asked me to make a delivery to Apple, and of course I agreed to help out. The gift was a garden faucet, and Apple loved it. She gave me a fitness tank to thank me. When I returned to Hornsby and told him the news, he figured that Apple probably said “that’s fab!” Even though she didn’t actually say that, Hornsby “corrected” her by saying that’s not even a real word.
Except that it is a real word…and Apple didn’t say it anyway. Hornsby’s brain must not be working.
Today, I received my reward from Gullivarrr in the mail. It was a (red) pirate bandanna.
Bones was sick with a cold, so I bought some medicine for him. He thanked me by giving me a cycling cap.
Jolly Redd was in town today. He had a fake jolly painting, a fake basic painting, a fake informative statue, and a solemn painting that appeared to be real. Needless to say, I bought the solemn painting.
Friday Night Forest is coming up tomorrow night, and anyone that comes can try out my new competitive event. I’m actually hoping for some lag, because that could make it more entertaining to watch.
The other attraction has been put on the backburner for now, and I’ll try to make it next week.
Today (May 18th) is International Museum Day, and it marks the beginning of the Stamp Rally event in New Horizons. Now through the end of the month, you can find three stations in each museum exhibit.
Get all three stamps in an exhibit and take your card back to Blathers and he will reward you with a plaque.
There are four plaques in all, including the new art plaque.
In other news, Olaf the Michael Jackson impersonator anteater was camping at the campsite. I just wanted him to leave me alone, so I told him to beat it.
While I haven’t yet made progress on the attraction I mentioned last night, I did make something else: a new competition! It’s basically a small, simple obstacle course for two people to compete head-to-head. It’s not a big deal, but it will give us something new to do the next time I open my gate. And that will probably be this Friday night.
When I visited Apollo, he thought I was dressed up as a pirate just to scare him. He even got mad about it! I should make him walk the plank.
Last night, I finished up my new basement. It’s based on the TV show “Lost.” If you’re not aware, it’s a mystery/fantasy (and later, sci-fi) show that ran from 2004-2010. It’s currently available to stream for free on IMDB (at least in the U.S.), and I recently binged the whole series. I loved the show (especially the first two seasons), so I decided to make it the theme of my basement.
To be specific, my basement is based on “the hatch,” which is essentially an underground bunker that was teased in Season 1, but fully revealed in the opening scene of Season 2. I used several patterns that I found in the custom design portal. The central feature is the computer, where occupants must enter 4, 8, 15, 16, 23, and 42 every 108 minutes. 😛
Today, I visited Bones and he told me that he’s starting to like the electric shocks he gets when he drags his feet on the carpet and then touches the doorknob. He’s kind of a weird dog, but that’s why I like him. 😛
Label was in town, and she wanted to see me in a theatrical outfit. I thought my pirate outfit would fit the bill, but Label thought I was trying to fool her by using a wand outfit! Why are wand outfits not acceptable???
How would you know? And why would you care?
So I went back home and put together an alternate pirate outfit…although I had to borrow the pirate boots from my wand outfit. But once I did, Label loved the outfit! She gave me a Labelle skirt for my prize, and I decided to continue wearing my pirate getup.
I later found a lost item near the river, and it was a picture book with candy crumbs inside. I figured it belonged to a lazy villager, so I asked Hornsby about it. It wasn’t his, but I was on the right track: It belonged to Bones. When I returned it, he rewarded me with a printed layered shirt.
Remember the waterfall structure I recently built near my “Welcome to Forest” sign at the previous site of my museum? I always intended for that to be temporary, and I actually demolished it today. I had an idea for a new structure to build. However, it seems that this location isn’t quite working out for what I have in mind. Everything I imagine always seem to require more space than I expect. 😂
So now I’m considering other locations for it. Don’t get too excited, it’s actually not a huge project…but it’s something I think will be cool. However, I may end up removing an existing attraction to make room for it. And that’s okay. I never consider my island to be “complete.” Most likely, I’ll be playing this game for many years to come..and changing things up from time to time will help to keep things fresh.
I hope to have the latest changes done later in the week.
