Revisiting D.I.E.

On Sunday, I delivered an item from Jeremiah to Cube. It was a dogtooth shirt.

Cube: It's a dogtooth shirt!

He ended up giving the shirt to me. But all I could think about was that Cube looks good in black!

Boots was hanging out at Cherry’s house, and he accused me of stalking him! 😛

Boots: Ha! I know I'm cool, but you don't have to stalk me everywhere, J dog! In a swamp!

Yesterday, I used my Wii U console to play some Desert Island Escape for the first time in years, probably.

The Desert Island Escape title screen in Animal Crossing: New Leaf.

I used a new team of my current villagers to play: Jeremiah, Inkwell, and Cherry.

1: Jeremiah, Swimmer. 2: Inkwell, Dexterity. 3. Cherry, Sniff 'Em Out!

My team explored the island, made a few tools, gathered food, fought bees, and went fishing.

Inkwell fishes in a mini-game within a mini-game.

But I apparently overlooked one branching path on the island, and I didn’t find the sail in time. So I lost the game. 🙁

Escape failed...

Still, I had fun playing D.I.E….and I realized I should play it more often! I never did clear all of the levels in this version of the game.

Tonight, Rocco was camping at the campsite. I would never ask him to move into town, not that I had room anyway. But at least I said hello to the villager under construction. 😛

Rocco: Hey, how ya doin'? I thought I'd set up camp here for a little while!

Gulliver was down on the beach, and I knew from his clues that he was headed to Portugal. He will send me a gift in the mail.

Gulliver: Long ago, the people of the place I was headed to set out to explore Europe and the rest of the world.

Inkwell asked me for something from the ocean, so I caught a red snapper for him. In return, he gave me a sleek bed. Still no photo from him. 😔

According to Luna, my recent dream visitors include David from Daydream and OriginM from Origin. Thanks for stopping by!

Swamp Weather?

On Sunday night, I started up the game to attend the fireworks festival. It was the final fireworks show of the year, and I generally try to make it to at least one show every year.

Fireworks shine in the sky above Jeff and Aurora.

At the event plaza, Isabelle gave me a bulb bopper to wear for the occasion. But I didn’t buy any of Redd’s cookies.

Wearing my bulb bopper during the fireworks, standing near Isabelle and Redd.
I didn’t realize I blinked in the photo, or I would have re-taken it. 😛

I stopped at a few spots around town to take in the fireworks. 🙂

Sitting on a bench during the fireworks festival in Animal Crossing: New Leaf.

Moments later, Rolf seemingly fell in love with the eel in my pocket.

Rolf, When I saw your eel, my heart skipped a beat!

He offered me all the money he had, which was 3,600 bells. Nice deal! Especially since I caught another eel right after this exchange anyway.

Tonight, Boots asked me for a new catchphrase. So I told him to say “in a swamp.”

Boots: Heh heh! I hope tomorrow is clear, too! I just want today's weather to hold the way it is! In a swamp!

Cherry told me she wanted to have turf wars in another town, and it took me a minute to decide whether or not to let her leave. I did earn her photo last month, and she has lived in town for 14 months…but I still couldn’t let her go just yet. A one-year, two-month stay actually seems short for New Leaf, considering most of my villagers have been around for many years. So I told Cherry to stay, for now at least. I’m not sure what I’ll say next time she asks, though.

Jeremiah’s Pic

On July 29th, Mathilda the black kangaroo was camping at the campsite.

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

Inkwell told me he was considering changing his Splatoon weapon (his Splattershot)! 😆

Inkwell: I've been thinking about replacing my Splattershot.

I gave him a fish on a board, though I’m not sure how that would work as a weapon. 😛 But he liked it, and he gave me a storefront in return.

August 7th was Boots’s birthday, and I gave him an alpine chair for a present. He said it was the best present he’s ever received…in the past few seconds. Oof.

Boots: This is the best present ever! Uh... that I received in the last few seconds, I mean...

I had another kangaroo camper that day, Walt.

Walt, at the campsite: I heard the local specialty is one of my favorites, the peach! I love this town! GAHAHA!
Peaches, peaches, peaches, peaches, peaches.

After depositing some money, my savings account balance reached 126 million bells.

Last Tuesday, Rolf said it was time to dig up his time capsule. So I unearthed it, and we found a candy gingham tee inside. Rolf said he must’ve just picked up an item that was lying around the house and threw it inside. 😆

Rolf: I think I grabbed something that was just lying around the house and put it into the capsule. GAHAHA!

He then gave me that shirt as my reward for digging up the time capsule. Oh joy. 😛

Last Thursday, Cube was fishing off the cliff. That’s something I don’t see very often.

Cube fishes off the cliff.

Today, Jeremiah was looking for an item to replace his emperor butterfly. I first bought a watermelon from Harv, but Jeremiah wouldn’t accept it because it couldn’t be placed on something else. So I went to the Nooklings’ shop and bought a chocolate fountain. He loved it!

Jeremiah: Oh! A chocolate fountain! This is perfect!

In fact, he liked it so much that he gave me his photo!

Jeremiah: It's Jeremiah's pic! Thank you, champ!

Finally! I took it home and put it on display. 🙂

Jeremiah's pic on display, next to Lolly's pic.

His favorite quote (on the back) is “Sleep before you leap.” It took me 13 months to earn his pic, but I’m still trying to get Inkwell’s and Cube’s photos. Cube has lived in Forest for two years, and Inkwell has lived here for three years. Maybe someday!

According to Luna, my recent dream visitors include Michael from Galloway, Hunnie from Faith’In, and Mars from June. Thanks for stopping by!