September Dreamin’

When I started up the game this morning, I saw something I didn’t want to see: Katie. The last time Katie was here on a Sunday, she made me miss out on my chance at buying turnips. But fortunately, I remembered that she can block Joan, so I opened my gate. This makes Katie disappear, so I could hunt for Joan as usual. And I found her pretty quickly this time, too. She was selling turnips for 94 bells each, and I bought 3,400 of them.

Joan: The asking price is 94 bells per turnip. What do you think, kiddo?After buying my turnips, I saved and quit the game for a few hours. I came back to it later this evening. As I went in to visit Big Top, I saw that Rolf was also there visiting him.

Rolf: Yo! Are you here to see Big Top? Me too!But seeing two villagers in one house made me remember something that I saw yesterday: A birthday reminder on the bulletin board!

Happy birthday, Octavian! We all wish you a wonderful new year of life!That’s right, I saw that sign yesterday and I forgot all about it! I missed Octavian’s birthday! I bet he’s going to slap me eight times now! And I have a feeling I won’t be getting his picture anytime soon. Oh well, nothing I can do about it now.

Agent S asked me for some fruit, so I gave her a perfect peach. And I was treated to this dialogue which could only take place in the world of Animal Crossing: “Thanks for the fruit. Please have a scarecrow.”

Agent S: Thanks for the fruit! Please have a scarecrow!Over in my campsite, there was a yellow, French froggy. I’m sure he would have liked to dive into some deep conversation, but I quickly sailed out of there.

Cousteau: I'll just stay here for a little while. Nice to meet you, oui oui.Up at the Dream Suite, Luna told me that Keira from Heaven was my most recent dream visitor. In fact, she was apparently visitor #6000!

Luna: Records state the number of clients who have experienced a dream about Forest is 6,000.I also had a dream of Suzy’s town Rainbow (dream address 5000-2428-6314). While it’s not as developed as the towns featured in Jeff’s Dream Suite Adventures, it’s a decent town with some areas that look quite nice.

The town of Rainbow.But it does have one thing I really dislike: Jambette.

Ack! A Jambette sighting!Seeing her again made me think Cousteau isn’t so bad after all. Forget the Dream Suite, they should call it the Nightmare Suite.

Last Bug-Off of 2014

This afternoon, I headed over to the event plaza, where Nat was hosting the final Bug-Off competition of 2014.

Nat: Would you believe this is the final Bug-Off of the season? Terrible shame, but don't let it affect you!I was a bit too lazy to actually catch some bugs, but I grabbed some out of my dock box. I first gave Nat an emperor butterfly, and it scored 91 points. That was good enough for first place, and he rewarded me with a cicada stereo. I then gave him goliath beetle, and it scored 99 points and earned me a mini butterfly table. My third and final bug was a cyclommatus stag; it scored only 96 points and did not earn me a prize.

When 6:00 came, my 99-point goliath beetle finished as the top bug of the show. I won!

Celebrating a Bug-Off win!Agent S and Gala finished second and third, respectively, each with tiger butterflies. Back outside, Molly congratulated me on the win.

Molly: Congratulations on your award, cookie! How did you get so good at catching bugs?I took my prizes up to the second floor of the museum to take a look at them. Here is the mini butterfly table on the left and the cicada stereo on the right.

The mini butterfly table and cicada stereo.Up at the Dream Suite, Luna told me that Mario101 from Gameland was my most recent dream visitor. I also went into Club LOL to catch a Saturday night performance from K.K. I asked the singing dog for a sad song, and he played Two Days Ago for me.

K.K.: Here's a jam that makes the blues seem like old news... Two Days Ago.Madisyn asked to come over to shop, so I opened my gate for a bit. In Able Sisters, she was drooling over the crown. At least that’s what she said. I think she was drooling over that cow skull instead.

A crown and a cow skull on sale at Able Sisters.In Nook Homes, we started talking about states that begin with the letter O. There are three of them: Ohio, Oregon, and Oklahoma. I told Madisyn that Origami used to be a state, but it folded. 😛

Jeff: Origami, but it folded.In the museum shop, a burglar’s head (or maybe a very large chocolate chip) was on display. I wasn’t comfortable with the idea of eating a chocolate chip that had eyes, so I chose not to buy it.

A very odd museum exhibit.

Friday Night Witchcraft?

At 10:00 tonight, I opened my gate for Friday Night Forest. Wendy, T Zelda, and Madisyn came over to visit. We started talking about new types of villagers that should be in the next Animal Crossing game. I suggested batmen!

Jeff: Batmen!  Madisyn: Hedgehogs!TZ corrected me, telling me that I meant bats, not batmen. She also shot down my suggestions about catwomen and wombatmen.

T Zelda: Uh no.We moved over to my town tree, but I was still trying to name future villagers. I suggested there should be some Zelda references, such as Kiki the monkey from A Link to the Past.

Jeff: Zelda the zebra.I saw a witch, and I tried to burn her at the stake. But nobody brought matches, so the idea never really ignited.

Jeff: Burn her at the stake!Since the witch survived, I decided to use her as a decoration in my Halloween themed room!

Wendy: Next to Tabby.Later on, she made some nice green soup for us all! It was mmm-mmm-good!

Jeff: Phlegmtastic!We hung out in several different rooms in my house. The witch even made me hover on a leaf in mid-air!

Hovering on a leaf bed?Around 11:30 or so, TZ left for the night. The rest of us gathered around the bulletin board.

All of us trying to read the bulletin board.Madisyn suggested that we go up to Club LOL. But first, I showed her how to stick her head into the grave.

Madisyn using the gravestone standee.Madisyn and I went inside the club, and we started dancing. Benedict was also there, flapping his wings like a spring chicken.

Benedict flapping his wings in Club LOL.But around 11:45, Wendy said she was going to leave for the night. And before she left out the gate, Madisyn had to go too. Since everyone was leaving, I just decided to end the session and call it a night. Thanks for coming, guys!

And thank you all for visiting the blog. Have a great weekend!

Happy birthday, Jessica!