Fishing Requests

Kiki asked me to catch her a puffer fish tonight. I’m not sure what she needed it for, but she made it sound urgent!

Kiki: Have you heard of the puffer fish? Because I need one. Badly.I went out to look for one, and fortunately, I caught it on my first try! I took it back to her, and she rewarded me with an ornate wall. Well at least her room is one step closer to looking like the professional aquarium she sees it as.

Kiki's house, now with a fish in addition to the eel she's already had.Big Top was the next villager I spoke with, and he also asked me for a fish. But he wanted a horse mackerel. After a few tries (of catching just puffer fish and jellyfish), I temporarily put the search on hold until I made my rounds and spoke to everyone.

Crazy Redd was in town tonight, and he had a calm painting for sale. But since I already have one in the museum, I had no need to buy it.

When I visited Rod, he asked me what I thought he would be when he grew up. Since he was wearing a wrestler shirt, I chose the “sumo wrestler” option (even though sumo wrestlers don’t usually wear shirts). 😛 Rod was quite happy with that answer.

Rod: Under all that flab, is a MOUNTAIN of muscle, baby! Rock on, in my ears!On the bulletin board, the new message of the week asked an interesting question. If clouds have silver linings, why don’t they sink? 😛

*Message of the Week* Clouds have silver linings. Why don't they sink?Rhonda was sick with a cold, so I gave her some medicine. She promptly stood on her horn did a back flip.

Rhonda appears to stand on her horn as she flips upside down in ACWW.
Rhonda performs the world’s first hornstand.

I eventually resumed my search for Big Top’s horse mackerel. But I got distracted by a large gold beetle on a tree, so I got my net out. I caught my first rainbow stag!

I caught a rainbow stag!A few minutes later, I finally caught the horse mackerel. After stopping at the museum (to donate the rainbow stag), I took the fish over to Big Top. He gave me 510 bells for my trouble.

Big Top: I'll trade you my 510 bells for it, in my ears!I then made a 25,000 mortgage payment at town hall before ending my game for the night.

Jellyfish Season

As I started up the game tonight, I immediately noticed that my house was larger. A room on the right has been added.

My newly expanded house.I caught a fish from the ocean, and I was a bit surprised to find that it was a jellyfish! Even though I knew from other Animal Crossing games that jellyfish show up in the second half of August, I had forgotten about them. Until I caught this little guy, of course.

I caught a jellyfish! I'm in some kind of jam!If you need to catch a jellyfish in any of the first three Animal Crossing games, be sure to do it before the end of the month. (Jellyfish can’t be caught in New Leaf).

When I went into Nookington’s, Tom Nook talked about my latest house expansion. He said it was wondrous…and then he said I owe him 848,000 bells. Ouch.

Tom Nook: 848,000 bells, please!The third fireworks festival of the year was going on tonight, and Tortimer gave me a roman candle. Meanwhile, Hopper seemed a bit scared by the fireworks.

Hopper: AGGGGGHHHHH! RUN AWAY!!! It's raining embers, slushie!!!There was a new “Talking to Myself” post on the bulletin board, and it was about salsa, of all things.

-Talking to Myself- How can salsa be a kind of dance, a kind of music, AND a kind of dip? It's the miracle word!Puddles was packed up and ready to move out of town. But despite talking to her many times, I was having trouble getting a response from her that sounded like she would stay. But I did get her to say this…

Puddles: Oh, what should I do? Should I change my mind, rib-ribbit?I wasn’t sure that would save her…until I looked at my previous pictures I’ve saved. Apparently she’s said the same thing twice before, so I think she’s probably safe now.

I then went to the museum to donate my jellyfish, and I also headed downstairs for some music. K.K. Slider performed Soulful K.K. for me, which starts out just like “Lean on Me.”

K.K.: All right, get ready to dig the riffs on this ditty: Soulful K.K.!Over by town hall, Baabara showed me another strange letter she received. I want to meet whoever is trolling Baabara with these letters. 😀

Hey! I am cute. Reply by tomorrow!I found today’s money rock, caught some yummy valuable summer bugs (including a scorpion), and then made a 40,000 bell mortgage payment before wrapping up my night.

By the way, if you haven’t yet seen Episode 9 of my ACWW series on Youtube, here it is. I forgot to embed it in the last blog entry (or two). 😛

Rod’s Birthday

When I visited Kiki tonight, she told me she put a ton of fish tanks in her room.

Kiki: I put a ton of fish tanks in my room!She believes that her room finally looks like a professional aquarium.

Kiki: I think it finally looks like a professional aquarium!So I took a step back to look at her huge collection of fish…

Kiki's furniture includes one eel tank.Um, Kiki? You have one eel.

Today is Rod’s birthday, so I had him in mind when I went shopping. I nearly bought a toilet for him at Nookington’s, but then I decided to be nice and buy him a jack-in-the-box instead. Even though it was 4,124 bells.

Tommy: Ah, yes, yes. That's the jack-in-the-box. Very nice... very nice.I wasn’t sure if Rod would like it, but I went over to his house and gave it a shot.

Rod: Whoa! Champ! You came, in my ears!
Well, it *is* your birthday.

He seemed to like it quite a bit. He even called it a killer gift and thanked me by giving me a cabin wall.

Rod: Thanks a ton, champ! Killer gift, in my ears!Baabara was also there to help Rod celebrate. I bet Rod’s birthday wish is that Baabara would just leave. 😛

Baabara: You're here to celebrate Rod's birthday? You're nicer than I thought!A new message of the week was posted on the bulletin board, and it’s an odd one.

*Message of the Week* Fate has a fickle finger. I have a pickle finger.
Seriously, though. What’s the dill?

I found another note in a bottle on the beach, and it contained a horoscope. Apparently, the stars say I’m going to be a tree shaker. I think they’re barking up the wrong tree.

Daily Horoscope: The new moon in Pisces will compel you to run around and shake every tree you come across. -Astrocon IndustriesI went over to town hall and paid off the remaining 20,000 bells on my mortgage.

My home loan is ALL paid off!Tom Nook confirmed that he will expand my house tomorrow morning. I chose sky blue as my roof color this time.

And last but not least, I found Pascal on the beach. I spoke with him, and he gave me a ship cannon…and some words of wisdom.

Pascal: You're not a wave, maaann, you're just part of the ocean.

He then jumped into the ocean and swam away. Sea you later!