Vivian’s Last Day

Jack sent me a letter telling me to get ready for Halloween, and he attached a monster mask to the letter. I wouldn’t normally wear the monster mask, but I had a bad case of bedhead. 😛 And Shampoodle was already closed for the day–they close at the absurdly early time of 8 p.m.!

Jeff puts on a monster mask in Animal Crossing: New Leaf.

Lolly and Claudia both told me I’m a world traveler again. I don’t know why my label keeps changing back and forth, but I’ll gladly take this over being called a bell pincher. 😛

Rolf asked me to bury a time capsule for him, and of course I agreed to help out.

Rolf: Hey, thanks! Now we just sit back and let it sleep through the ages... or until I get bored! GAHAHA!

Elvis the lion was at the campsite. I’m not trying to be cruel, but he’s kinda ugly. 😛 Then again, I don’t really like any of the lions in the series.

Elvis: I didn't do any research or anything before choosing a place to camp. I think I lucked out with this town!

I decided it was finally time to change things up in Forest. I scanned in a Splatoon amiibo, and summoned Inkwell to the campground. I told him to move into town.

Inkwell: Great! So who do you want me to muscle out of town? I mean...who do you want me to talk to?

I told him to “talk to” Vivian about moving out.

Inkwell: Boosh! Everything went well! I talked to Vivian, and she's moving out anyway.

I’ve mentioned this when discussing my plans before, but it’s nothing personal against Vivian. I like her, and I wouldn’t mind keeping her around longer. But the problem is that if I kicked Claudia out instead, I would be raising the number of amiibo villagers in town…and they never ask to move out on their own.

But Vivian has had a lengthy (3 years, 10 months) stay in Forest…so it’s not like I’m rushing her out of town. 😛 And when Inkwell moves in, that will make Claudia eligible to leave town as well. So this should set the gears in motion for some villager movement, after a whopping 19 months of no villager movement at all.

Of course, I went in to say goodbye to her. Best of luck, Vivian!

Vivian: I'm going to be moving out of this town. It's just time for me to move on.

According to Luna, my most recent dream visitor was Morrigan from Courtlyn. Thanks for stopping by! I’ll be back with another entry in a couple days as I welcome Inkwell to town.

Too Full for Fries

Yesterday, Lolly asked me to dig up the time capsule she had me bury earlier this month.

Lolly: Do you think you could dig up that time capsule I had you bury before?

After catching a flea that was on her, I dug up the time capsule and took it back to Lolly. She opened it up and found a twinkle tee inside. That twinkle tee was my reward for digging up the time capsule.

Lolly: Oh, right! Let me thank you with a gift. Please accept my twinkle tee!

And even after giving me a shirt as a reward, she had the nerve to call me a bell pincher. So I guess my “world traveler” reputation didn’t last very long; I’m back to being a bell pincher again. 😛

Frita the French fry sheep was camping at the campsite, but I was too full for fries. I mean, Forest was too full for another villager. 😉 🍟

Frita: I'm Frita! And you're... Jeff? Nice to meet you!

Agent S asked me for some furniture that could replace a fish, so I gave her the flea that was on Lolly. 😛 Agent S said she would give it a good home, in a nut!

Agent S: All right, I'll be sure to give this a good home, in a nut.
At least it will have food and shell-ter.

She rewarded me with a stripe dresser.

Today, Big Top informed me that he was going to move out of town on October 9th. However, I made him change his mind.

Near the geyser, I found someone’s lost mitten.

I picked up a lost item!

It got me thinking about why New Horizons doesn’t have all of the PWPs from New Leaf. The geyser, the illuminated projects, and the topiaries are just a few of the missing PWPs. Considering that the ability to design your island is a big focus of the game, it seems odd that so many PWPs from New Leaf still aren’t in New Horizons.

Anyway, I asked around about the lost item. I eventually found out that it belonged to Rolf.

Rolf: I'm so happy you found the glove I misplaced! That's such a relief!

He gave me an anatomical model to thank me.

According to Luna, my most recent dream visitor was Obby from Forest. Thanks for stopping by, and have a great day!

Duck’s Bread

On September 8th, Lolly asked me to bury a time capsule for her. I dug a hole in the northwest part of town and buried it for her.

Lolly: Last week, I decided to create a time capsule as a sort of gift for my future self.

Today, a message on the bulletin board informed me that the September Bug-Off has ended successfully. However, it neglected to mention who won! Regardless, it was the last Bug-Off until June of next year.

The Bug-Off for this month has ended successfully. The next event will be held on June 19th, 2021! We hope to see you again!

Lolly asked me for some perfect fruit, so I gave her a perfect orange. She loved it!

Lolly: I don't think I've ever seen a perfect orange like that! It was almost a shame to eat it!

She rewarded me with a treadmill, and I walked away disappointed. 😛

Near my western bridge, I found a lost item on the ground.

I picked up a lost item!

Even though Vivian was standing nearby, the bag didn’t belong to her.

Still, it didn’t take me long to find the bag’s rightful owner. It belonged to Molly, who claimed she had some fresh bread in the bag.

Molly: Hey! This IS mine, oh quack! Rats. I had some fresh bread in there, but I'll bet it's all stale now.
Ducks shouldn’t be eating too much bread anyway.

She thanked me by giving me a blue gym tee. D’ough.

I recently posted a New Leaf video that takes a look at 65 things you can do in New Leaf, but not in New Horizons. I hope you’ll check it out!

According to Luna, my recent dream visitors include Miko from Catville and Alec from Mosswood. Thanks for stopping by, and have a great day!