Halloween Race

Yesterday, Gullivarrr sent me my reward in the mail: a pirate wall.

The pirate wall in Animal Crossing: New Horizons (ACNH) for Nintendo Switch.

One of the day’s fossils, and the glowing spot, were inside my Halloween maze. It wasn’t too hard to get to them though, because I can just (temporarily) remove the hedges to get to the right spots quickly. 😛

The daily message bottle was nearly hidden behind a cliff. But I found it and learned how to make a signpost. I’ve had the angled signpost recipe for many months, and I guess I didn’t even realize there was a regular, non-angled one. 😛

SWEET! I learned a DIY recipe for a signpost!

My pumpkin crop gave me just barely enough pumpkins to make the spooky towers I needed to finish my Halloween race course. Here’s a look at the tower area, with the entrance to the hedge maze in the background.

A bunch of spooky towers in my Halloween race course.

Tybalt asked me for a new catchphrase, and I told him to say “it’s scary.”

I got my first look inside of Bones’s house, and it’s a book-lover’s dream! Bones is apparently quite the bookworm!

The inside of Bones's house, filled with books and bookshelves.

Today, I found a lost item on the ground, and it mentioned “xtreme xercises.” Yet again, the lost item belongs to a jock. I asked Tybalt about it, and he told it was Louie’s book. When I gave it to Louie (inside Nook’s Cranny), he thanked me and gave me a western shirt.

K.K. Slider was in town, and he performed K.K. Rally for me, Rizzo, and Tia.

After that, I went diving and found a scallop on my first dive. Pascal popped up, gave me a pearl, and talked about stew, his friend Stew, and Stew’s stew.

Pascal: Which came first, folks named Stew, or stew? And if it was stew...what's that mean for my friend Stew's stew?

Around 9:15, I posted on Twitter asking for contestants to participate in my Halloween race. Maria, Bran, Jet, and Jac came over. After they checked my free recipe area and shopped, we headed over to the course and I explained the rules. I was Jeff the ref, of course. 😛 Here is the video that shows how the race went:

After the winner collected the prize, I asked if they wanted to race again just for fun. (I’m not mentioning who won, just because I want you all to watch the video to see what happened, lol.)

But to make things fair in round #2, I had them switch sides this time. I actually goofed up by neglecting to reset the scarecrows, so I let that requirement slide (they all went back there anyway).

Jet and Bran both arrived at the finish line ahead of Maria, but Maria was able to drop her skeleton on the square first, while Bran was still in his menu and Jet dropped his item on the wrong spot. It was a very close finish!

Maria sneaks ahead of Jet and Bran for the win.

Those leaf piles are actually placed there to help avoid the items being dropped in the wrong place. But I think Jet was standing too far back when he dropped it.

After that, I reset the race again and posted the Dodo Code on Twitter so anyone else could join. Dawn, Rhiannon, and Yadiel came over. The three of them, and Jet, participated in the last race of the night. Jet won easily, which isn’t surprising considering it was his third race and all of his opponents were new to the race. But congrats on the win regardless, Jet! 🙂

He won by such a large margin that I had to go back up to see what happened to everyone else! I wondered if they got lost! 😂 It is quite tricky on your first attempt though. Rhiannon finished next, so she was the winner of the new players that round. After the race, we took a group photo.

A group photo on the Halloween race course.

I then gave everyone a tour of my island. Even though Maria and Bran had been to my town multiple times before, the others had not. We went into some of the villagers’ homes to visit them, but that resulted in a lot of lag and loading times. But we also experienced some bad lag outdoors too, particularly at the campsite.

After excessively using our wands in Tia’s house, we took another group photo at Pumpkin Park.

A group photo at Pumpkin Park.

Shortly after that, we concluded the tour. Jac showed us something in the museum, where the mischief emotion shows up as a square from a distance. Someone disconnected, so I quickly wrapped it up and said goodbye to everyone before anyone else could join in (since I was done for the night anyway).

Thanks to everyone who came tonight, it was fun! 🙂 See you next time, and have a good weekend!

New Bones

Jolly Redd’s ship was in town yesterday, so I checked out his works of art he had for sale. He had an academic painting (looked fake), a dynamic painting (looked real), a quaint painting (looked fake), and an ancient statue (looked fake). Since the only real one was something I already had in the museum, I decided to buy the ancient statue just to use as a Halloween decoration! 😀

I had an empty plot in town yesterday, so I bought five Nook Miles tickets so that I could check out some mystery islands for potential new villagers. But on the very first island I visited, I found Bones! He’s my buddy from City Folk, and he also lived in my New Leaf town for most of 2018.

Bones: today's the best day since I found out what 'pasgetti was!

As a bone-us, his name is appropriate for Halloween! Even if there’s nothing scary about him, I was more than happy to invite Bones to my island. 🙂

Today, I received the ancient statue in the mail from Jolly Redd. Blathers confirmed that it was fake, but that’s okay. I’m really happy with it as a Halloween decoration, because it actually levitates and moves around when you go up to it and press the A button!

The fake ancient statue levitates!

At town hall, I decided to make a new town tune. It’s supposed to be the Addams Family theme song, although I’m not 100% satisfied with it. The town tune options need a *snap fingers* sound. 😉

My town tune for the Addams Family.

I found a lost item (a bag) on the ground today. When I investigated, it had some gym clothes inside. I knew it belonged to a jock, so I asked Tybalt about it. Unfortunately, I picked the wrong jock. It was Louie’s bag, and the big ape gave me an athletic jacket for returning it.

Gullivarrr was in town, so I went diving for his communicator. It actually took me four dives to find it this time. Gullivarrr will be sending me a piratey item in the mail tomorrow.

Gullivarrr: OHMEGOSH!

Bones was moved in today, although he has some unpacking to do. Welcome to Forest, Bones! 🙂

Bones: We live on the same island now, so we'll be able to play every day! I'm so excited, yip yip!

I found fleas jumping on Rizzo two separate times tonight, including this time when he was just curiously standing in flowers.

Rizzo: Gyah! So I actually DID have bugs crawlin' on me.
Twice. Two times.

Later on, I found Wisp in town. I collected and returned his spirits, and he rewarded me with a blue subway-tile wall.

As for my online plans: First, there’s no Friday Night Forest this week. But instead, I’ll be hosting my Halloween race at some point this weekend. Saturday night is a strong possibility, but I’m not 100% sure yet. Check my Twitter on Saturday for details. When I’m ready, I’ll be inviting four people to join in via Dodo codes on Twitter, but friends will get the first chance.

After the race ends, I’ll be posting the Dodo code publicly on Twitter, so anyone can visit. I’ll stay on at least half an hour after the race ends.

And then next Friday, FNF will return with a Halloween party! I’ll try to have several activities planned: We can race on the Halloween course, we can have a costumed sumo tournament, and maybe I’ll come up with something else as well.

See you all next time! 🙂

Goodbye, Lopez

Able Sisters had a hockey mask for sale today, so you know I had to buy it. It’s my preferred mask for chasing people with axes.

Jeff tries on the hockey mask in Able Sisters.

Today was moving day for Lopez, so I went in his house to say goodbye. He was really nice about everything. Good luck to you, Lopez!

Lopez: Just remember, we're all in the same world, even if we're living on different islands.

There was a heavy meteor shower tonight, so I wished on a bunch of shooting stars. But more importantly, I ran into Celeste over on Candy Apple Lane!

Celeste: Would you care to watch nature's most beautiful performance with me?

At first, she wasn’t giving me any new recipes…but I eventually figured out it’s because my pockets were full. Once I made room, she gave me a recipe for a starry garland.

While working on my Halloween race course, I saw Tia taking a photo of a spooky arch with her phone! I didn’t realize they would do that, but that’s cool.

I later ran into C.J. up on the cliff, although I wasn’t particularly excited to see him. He was just here for the fishing tournament the other day, after all. He wanted me to catch three small-fry fish in a row. I caught two crucian carp and a horse mackerel to complete the challenge, but I didn’t check my storage for additional fish to sell him. If I have any, it’s no more than a couple anyway.

C.J.: ...Huh?! You caught 3 fish in a row? AND every one was a small fry?!

I also went around shaking trees, but I’ve noticed that I’ve only been finding one furniture item per day lately. It used to be two. I thought maybe I was missing a tree somewhere, but I went around town multiple times and I don’t think that’s the issue.

See you all next time!