Meeting Benedict

After starting up the game tonight, I went inside my house. There they were…stairs!

For the first time, there were stairs going up!Finally, a second floor. but wait…it’s only 4 x 4?!

My new (small) second-floor room.That was definitely disappointing. Second floors in previous games weren’t that small. I’m sure Tom Nook will be happy to expand it, though…for an arm and a leg.

Back outside, I ran into Yuka. She wanted me to catch a tadpole for her.

Yuka: I've been trying to get my hands on a tadpole, but I just can't catch one.With me being the pleasant person that I am, I told her no.

Yuka: No? It wasn't that big of a request. But if you can't...you can't. Maybe another time, Jeff.After that, I went to go meet my newest neighbor (and Yuka’s next-door neighbor), Benedict the rooster.

Benedict: Oh, um, I'm not ready for visitors yet. I'm Benedict, and I just moved here today, uh-hoo.And in T&T Mart, I saw that they had a slingshot for sale! I bought it!

Timmy: Ah, a slingshot! A fine item, yes?Next, I stopped in Nook Homes, and Tom Nook informed me that I now owe him 298,000 bells. Ouch. That tiny floor wasn’t even worth it.

Tom Nook: Yes, yes, the trifling cost of your addition comes to 298,000 bells. Pocket change, really.That about wraps up my short night in Forest, but here is the latest Inside the Treehouse video. This time, they talk about furniture and pants. What an odd combination.

My Lucky Socks

Soon after starting up New Leaf today, I got some good news. Gabi is moving out on June 1st!

Gabi: Right now it's looking like I'll go on the 1st of next month. Don't get me wrong. I love this place.It’s interesting that she’s announced her move before I even got a replacement for Harry.

Anyway, I’m not a good artist at all…but I decided to draw a simple picture for my face-cutout standee. Look, I’m STEVE HOLT!

My horrible stick figure design for my face-cutout standee.And then I spotted a fenced-off area. Benedict the rooster will be moving in tomorrow. Although, he’s going to be living right next door to Yuka. Good luck to him.

Sign: This spot reserved for Benedict's new home. -Nook's HomesI found the money rock and got eight hits in…but I didn’t get the usual 16,100 bells. I got 32,000 bells! Wow! I didn’t understand why I was so lucky, until I noticed Katrina’s tent and went inside. She said the key to unlocking good fortune was…

Katrina, telling me my lucky item: Socks...Socks. I was already wearing socks, so that explains why I already had the good fortune.

Katrina: Since you are already wearing a lucky item now, I think you will be fine for today...Then I headed up to Main Street. I gave Shrunk three peaches and he taught me the “outrage” emotion! That is yet another rare emotion that I’ve been trying to get in City Folk for years.

Shrunk: My old teacher's Outrage Joke is the thing to CURE what ails you!And that’s no hogwash.

Shrunk: "Hogwash, madam!"With the bells I got from the money rock earlier, I easily had enough money to finish off paying my current home loan. I’ll be getting an upstairs built tomorrow!

Tom Nook: The work will be fully completed by tomorrow morning. I'm so sure you must be very excited, yes, yes!After I was done on Main Street, I returned to Forest. I went in Yuka’s house and I think I walked in on something…

Katt glares at me while in Yuka's house.An ugly convention perhaps. I didn’t hang around too long, and I soon made a trip to the island. I have now earned enough medals to buy a wet suit! Unfortunately, they didn’t have one on sale today. But I did a little fishing, and I caught a blue marlin. It’ll be going in the museum.

I caught a blue marlin! What a true darlin'!One of the fish I caught was a sea bass. I didn’t want to waste a slot in the basket on a sea bass, so I sold it to Leila for 10 bells.

Leila: YAY! Thanks, fwiend! T'at was fun! Let's pway supermarket again sometime!I made a stop at Re-Tail to sell some of my catches, and another stop at the museum to donate the blue marlin. And then I ended my day in Forest. I’ll be back tomorrow with another update, so I hope to see you then!

Happy Memorial Day for those of you in the U.S.!

Waking Up on the Island

Late last night, I visited the island. But I closed the 3DS (putting it into sleep mode) and forgot about it. Today, I opened the 3DS and my character was still there on the island. After collecting a bunch of fruit, I returned to Forest on Kapp’n’s boat. But after he sang his song, I didn’t arrive at the dock–I came out of my house (after the game showed a brief message about the new day starting)! That was sure unexpected!

Pelon1071 reminded me in the comments yesterday that you can hang KK songs on your wall to view the album covers. So I went inside my house to give it a try.

Hanging an album cover on the wall.Unfortunately, you can’t play the music this way though. Anyway, I found three fossils for the day (and the daily money rock) and then made my way to Main Street. I bought my two fortune cookies, although I forgot to eat them. I had to go back down to the dock to recover my island goodies from the basket, and that’s when I realized I had cookies in my pockets. Not for long!

Fortune: An itchy nose is worth the sacrifice for a glorious upper lip. (#45)That fortune turned out to be good for a big bro’s mustache when I returned to T&T Mart.

Timmy: Ah, congratulations! The prize for Number 45 is great--a big bro's mustache!The other fortune was good for a block floor, which I immediately put in my house. It looks so much better than the ramshackle floor.

The block floor on display in my house.Unfortunately, it was too late in the day to get another emotion from Shrunk. So I just did some fishing and then wrapped up my night in Forest.