Big Top’s Cherry

Last night, Wendy came over to shop. She bought the witch’s hat in GracieGrace for her witch costume. I also let her take a look at my big town tree.

Wendy: ermergerdThe heavy rain from yesterday continued falling again today. I’m loving it, even if Aurora doesn’t feel the same.

Aurora: This rain does NOT want to stop! Oh well. We'll just have to make the best of it, iceberg.When I spoke to Octavian, he told me Big Top visited his house and left something behind. Was it a brown pile about knee-deep?

Octavian: When Big Top came to my place to hang out the other day, it looks like something got left behind.He wanted me to return it to Big Top! But when he handed the package to me, it was light and smelled nice, so it couldn’t have been what I feared.

But before I found Big Top, I found someone else in a tent: Crazy Redd. Of his four works of art for sale, the valiant statue was the only one I needed. Unfortunately, I think it’s a fake, but I took the chance anyway.

Redd: Uh-oh... You're interested in that valiant statue too?I found Big Top and gave him the package; it contained a cherry. But Big Top thought he had lost his cherry a long time ago!

Big Top: It's my cherry! But actually, I thought this was long gone, so I already bought a new one.He had already replaced it, so he didn’t need this one. So he sold it to me for 1,557 bells. Kind of steep, but I tend to be generous with my villagers (at least the ones I like).

Up at the Dream Suite, Luna told me Ana M. from Floralia was my most recent dream visitor.

The villain of Animal Crossing, Katie the evil kitten, was in Forest and she demanded to go to another town. I knew I’d be stuck with her for a week if I didn’t help her, so I dumped her off at Wendy’s town.

Katie: But you being all nice like this made me feel really good! You're the best!
And you’re the worst!

Wendy also came back to Forest to shop. I tried to get her to buy Yuka, but she didn’t take the bait.

Jeff: Buy Yuka.By the way, Becky has submitted some new designs (three tops and two dresses) to the QR Codes page, so give them a look if you’re interested.

Town Tree at Maximum Size

This morning, Aurora again told me she was thinking about moving out of town. And once again, I told her no.

Aurora: Muffin, why did you have to say that? Now I'm not sure if moving is a good idea at all...As you know, each town tree is planted as a sapling when the mayor first moves into town. Over time it grows, until it reaches its maximum size once you’ve played 500 days and 500 hours. Yesterday was my 500th day, so today my town tree reached its maximum size.

My full-sized town tree.Here’s a look at it from a bit farther out:

My town tree at maximum size.If you’d like to see it in person, go to your Dream Suite and visit dream address 4300-2003-9889.

After making a nearly complete circle around town, I finally found Joan. She was selling turnips for 93 bells apiece, and I bought 3,400 of them.

Joan: The asking price is 93 bells per turnip. What do you think, kiddo?After that, I put the game away for a while, but I returned to Forest later on tonight. Molly was enjoying the rainy night as much as I was.

Molly: I never thought I'd meet someone who likes strolling on rainy nights as much as I do, waddle!But Drago was a bit disappointed that it was raining water instead of peach juice.

Drago: That's my main beef with Mother Nature.I talked to Molly again, and she asked me to play a game of hide-and-seek. I had 15 minutes to find her, Sprinkle, and Big Top. Aurora wasn’t playing, but she sure was happy to see me.

Molly: All right. I'll go over the rules just in case!One minute into the game, I found Big Top trying to hide behind the lighthouse.

Big Top trying to hide behind the lighthouse.Molly was well-hidden behind a tree, and Sprinkle was peeking out from behind Kidd’s house.

Sprinkle hiding behind Kidd's house.I won the game pretty easily, and Molly rewarded me with a sleek chair.

Molly: And we have a prize for the winner! Here. Please accept a sleek chair from us!After the game, I headed up to Main Street for my shopping run. Of course, I stopped in the Dream Suite to update my dream town. And while I was there, Luna told me that Lava from Red was my most recent dream visitor.

Thanks for visiting and I’ll see you all next time! 🙂

Day 500

Today was my 500th day with Animal Crossing: New Leaf. I got a letter from Wishy the shooting star, and he(?) sent me a deluxe washer. I’m pretty sure that was not what I wished for.

I stopped over at Wendy’s town to drop off some clothes for Gracie’s fashion check. Gracie was looking for some historical clothes, so I lent her this straw shirt, ninja pants, and ninja sandals. So fancy!

Wendy wearing some clothes I let her borrow.For the accessory, she just stuck a rose in her mouth (I hope she removed the thorns first). She then went down to the event plaza to speak with Gracie the fashion guru. They had a nice long chat.

Wendy and Gracie chatting.It paid off, because she passed her first fashion check. Congrats!

I stopped playing for a while, but I returned to the game later tonight. Over by my bridge, Octavian’s gang surrounded me as he asked me for a cherry. These guys mean business! I felt like I didn’t have a choice but to help him out.

Octavian: Sorry to ask you for this, but could you maybe head out and bring me a cherry?Not far away, I found a cherry for him, and he rewarded me with an asteroid. Really? I wonder if Octavian’s and Wishy’s gifts got mixed up somehow.

Octavian: All right then, please take my asteroid to set us all even, sucker!I opened my gate so Wendy could do some shopping, and it took her a long time to decide on this fertilizer. She must’ve been thinking hard, because I smelled the scent of burning popcorn.

Wendy buying some fertilizer.Madisyn also dropped over for a visit, but Gala wasn’t impressed by my visitors. In fact, she told me to send them home!

Gala: Just press START, and then select End the multiplayer session.But I didn’t do it. Instead, we all stood near the train station and got to the point.

Jeff, Wendy, and Madisyn using emotions.We had some interesting discussions about what Agent S likes to eat and what type of dances Cinderella attends. We also did a little glitching, but not much. I glitched onto the train station, and I later tried pushing Wendy up there (but failed). We also jumped off a tree stump into holes.

The three of us in holes.Around 11:15, Madisyn left and I ended the session soon after. I went up to the Dream Suite to update my dream town, and Luna told me Thomas from America recently visited. I completely forgot about visiting K.K. tonight; I think this may have been the first time I’ve missed him in New Leaf. Oh well.

See you next time!