Day 2: Note in a Bottle

I started out my day by collecting a bunch of oranges (my town fruit) and selling them at Nook’s Cranny. I quickly discovered that I’m not a fan of how you sell items in this game. Instead of just clicking on an item, you drag each item to a separate area on-screen. It may not be a huge deal, but it is more time-consuming than it should be. Update: Sir Clud has informed me that I can press Y to select multiple items. I’ll give it a try tomorrow.

Anyway, I used my newfound money to buy a fishing rod and a curious thing called a note in a bottle.

It allows me to write a letter, put it into the bottle, and send it out into the ocean. Tom Nook says the letter might wash up on the shores of someone else’s town! I imagine this feature is no longer active since this Virtual Console version has no wireless/online connectivity, but the note in a bottle sounds like an interesting feature regardless!

I spotted Crazy Redd’s tent in town, but he wouldn’t let me enter because I didn’t know the password. Fortunately, it didn’t take me long to find it, since Chevre was so eager to help me out! She said the password was “shop here again.” She’s becoming a very goat friend of mine.

Armed with the password, Crazy Redd let me in. But he wouldn’t let me buy anything! I later found out it’s because I didn’t have enough money to purchase a membership. But more on that later.

I used my fishing rod to do some fishing in the river. I caught a carp and a barbel steed, which I donated to the museum. An old tire also ended up in my hands, and I gave it to Tom Nook when I was selling stuff. I should have mailed it to Yuka, but I didn’t think of it at the time!

When I did meet up with Yuka, she gave me a quiz. She asked how I would greet a lovely rose. The options were “Hi there,” “you smell good?,” and “lost weight?” I picked “hi there,” and that was apparently wrong somehow. Despite the fact that she previously said there were no right and wrong answers. Wow, what a rude blue koala.

I spotted a new house in town, and it belonged to Pate the duck! She is Forest’s 4th animal villager. Welcome to town, Pate!

It was time for me to try out my note in a bottle. I wrote a letter and released it into the sea. I hope they send help soon.

After Yuka had an argument with Alfonso, I spoke with the koala to try to cheer her up (ha, yeah right). She took out her frustrations out on me. As always. I can’t wait to get a shovel and some pitfall seeds for this horrible creature.

While in Able Sisters, I was surprised by something Mabel said. She gave me the option to sell clothes! That option isn’t in the other games. I’m not sure how useful it is, especially since Able Sisters is right next to Nook’s shop, but it is interesting.

I continued selling oranges, eventually earning enough money to buy a Crazy Redd membership for 3,000 bells. After that, I scrounged up enough money to buy Redd’s dainty painting for 3,920 additional bells.

I took it up to the museum to donate it, but Blathers quickly shattered my dreams. The painting was a counterfeit! All that fruit-picking for nothing! I should burn Redd’s tent to the ground. Maybe after throwing Yuka inside.

After that, I was done playing for the day. I’ll be back with more soon! In the meantime, here is a video showing many of today’s events:

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