Big Moving Day

Today is moving day for Big Top. After 3,269 days in Forest, he is leaving town…to join the big top of the circus perhaps? Except that the big circuses stopped using elephants during his stay in Forest. I wonder if he knows?

Big Top: Thanks for everything! I'm not going to say good-bye, 'cause I hope we'll see each other again.

I will certainly miss Big Top. But I never intended for him to stay for nine years. Even though most of my GameCube villagers have been around for well over a decade, I don’t necessarily want all of my towns to be like that. So don’t be surprised if I let some other long-time New Leaf villagers leave in the next few months too.

Inkwell told me that Big Top hasn’t done much planning, so he doesn’t even know where he’s going to live. I felt like Inkwell was trying to make me feel bad about letting him go. 🙁

Inkwell: I guess he's just planning on wandering off somewhere...

Hornsby asked me to make a delivery to Boots, because he was too hungry to do it himself. 😛 Luckily for him, I agreed to help out.

Hornsby: Um, I have something I want to give to Boots, but I'm so hungry I can't move very far.
Hungry, Hungry Hornsby

The gift was a monkey shirt, and Boots went ape for it. He thanked me by giving me his picture, and he said he hopes it’s not something I already have!

Boots: It's Boots's pic. I really hope it's not something you already have!

Except that he himself has given me about half a dozen of these now. 😂

When I spoke to Rolf, he had a flea on him. He asked me for some furniture…so I caught the flea and then gave that to him! He was surprisingly hoppy happy with it, and he rewarded me with an editor’s desk. 😛

Rolf: Hey, a bug wouldn't make a bad addition to my room, on Toy Day.
…or Flea Market day.

Lolly asked me to play a game of hide-and-seek, and I was up to the challenge. Rolf and Agent S joined in, so I was playing with three of my favorite villagers!

Lolly: All right. I'll go over the rules just in case!

Lolly gave me 15 minutes to find them all, and I found Rolf almost immediately.

Rolf tries to hide behind a modern clock.

I later found Agent S and Lolly hiding behind trees, and I won the game without any trouble. Lolly gave me an exotic lamp as my prize.

Agent S asked me for a tiger beetle, so I went out to the island to look for one. It just took me a couple minutes to find one. When I returned to the mainland to give it to her, she thanked me with an arctic-camo shirt.

Agent S: Yay! My bug! You really DID go and catch it for me!

According to Luna, Sloth from Island was my most recent dream visitor. Thanks for stopping by, and have a good day!

Letting Go After 9 Years

In early April, cherry blossom petals fall from the sky, and many trees have pink leaves. That even applies to the town tree. It’s probably the prettiest time of year in the game.

Pink leaves on trees and cherry blossom petals falling from the sky.

Last Sunday, Boots told me that Big Top fell asleep standing up…and he was talking in his sleep!

Boots: Ha ha! Heya, big guy! Take a look! He fell asleep standing up, and he's talking in his sleep!

Big Top was speaking as if Boots just told him a secret for incredible wealth.

Big Top: I get it, Boots! Your secret for incredible wealth is so simple!

Of course, this was news to Boots, and he responded with his classic jaw drop.

Boots: What?! What are you talking about?!

Big Top then woke up, and he was disappointed that he couldn’t remember what the secret to incredible wealth was. 😛

Today, Big Top told me that he was planning on moving out of town on April 20th.

Big Top: I know it's sudden, but I'm leaving on the 20th of this month!

This may surprise some of you, but I’m actually letting him leave. I like Big Top a lot, of course…but this town has become so stagnant. I keep most villagers around for years, and I’ve been meaning to shake things up for a while. Big Top has been here since Day 7 of this town’s existence. That’s nearly nine years!

It may feel weird without my next-door neighbor (and good buddy) around, but I do have Big Top in my City Folk town. So I’ll still see him in that game.

While standing in front of Aurora’s house, Molly asked me to deliver something…to Aurora. 😛

Molly: Actually, I just got a delivery that was addressed to Aurora!

The item was a dapper shirt, and Aurora said she got it for me. It’s not the best reward, but then again, walking two feet wasn’t exactly a whole lot of work either.

Blaire the squirrel was camping at the campsite today. I wasn’t interested, and my town is still full anyway. But by next week, I’ll be able to check for campers once again.

Blaire, at the campsite: Hey there, I'm Blaire. I'm just in Forest camping for a little while.

Cube was actually in town tonight (instead of inside the museum), and he asked me for a butterfly. I grabbed an emperor butterfly from my dock box, and handed it over.

Cube: This is amazing! I don't even know how to express my thanks for this emperor butterfly!
You could give me your photo…

He rewarded me with an ornate wall. I’ll get his picture one of these days weeks months years! 😉

According to Luna, my recent dream visitors included Chris from Megaton and Tristan from Tristan6. Thanks for stopping by!

Have a good weekend, and Happy Easter! 🐰 If you’ll be participating in Bunny Day on Sunday, feel free to check out my Bunny Day guide.