Slugger’s Dugout

In the mail today, I found a pirate-treasure crown from Gullivarrr and a (fake) basic painting from Hornsby.

When I visited Marina, I was shocked to find her dusting her cupcakes! 😮 And no, that’s not a euphemism for something, she was literally dusting her cupcakes. 😛

Marina dusts her cupcakes.
I think she was adding more dust than she was removing.

When I spoke with her, she gave me some outdoor shorts to wear…in a snowstorm. Yeah, I think I’ll pass on your dusty cupcakes and snowy-weather shorts.

Before long, I headed over to Apple’s house to say goodbye to her. I’ll miss you, Apple! Best of luck to you!

Apple: THERE you are, superfan! Thanks for your advice. Kind of obvs, but I'm moving out!

Over at the plaza, I joined Eloise, Hornsby, Apollo, and Sasha for a K.K. Slider concert. He performed a song called Chillwave for us all.

Later, I went out to Lottie’s island to work. My buddy Tybalt was there, and he was talking about a place for his bat collection. 🦇

Tybalt: I want a place to enshrine a sweet bat collection!

I was imagining a remote bat-cave for him, and then the next screen showed the title of his request: A Slugger’s Dugout. He was talking about baseball bats. âš¾ 😛

For the first time, I actually put some effort into the yard. I added some stadium lights, fences, a cooler box, and some bottled beverages.

But there actually aren’t many baseball specific items, at least in terms of furniture. There is a baseball set (bat, ball, and glove together in one item)…and not much else. So I had to use cushions for the bases and home plate. It may not be a home run, but I am pleased with how it turned out.

Tybalt's yard in Happy Home Paradise.
He plays for the Tigers, of course.

Indoors, I used the stadium wall and backyard lawn to replicate the feel of a stadium. However, I wasn’t going to make another baseball diamond indoors. He can go outside to play. Indoors, I gave him a 50-inch LCD TV, a couple of throwback mitt chairs, a couple of plastic benches, a treadmill, and a few other baseball-related touches.

The inside of Tybalt's house.

Niko showed up to tell me how to polish furniture, and then I wrapped up my time in Happy Home Paradise. Lottie paid me 6,000 Poki for my work. She then disappeared, and I found her by a building outside. She mentioned using some other buildings as facilities…starting with this building as a possible school.

Lottie: I think it was originally going to be a school of some kind. Why not pick up where they left off?

She said we’re going to need more clients to build these facilities, so that means I have more work to do here on Lottie’s island!