Hi! I'd love Raymond, and the reason why is a pretty long story-
I first got him on my campsite and he moved in! At first I planned to give him to someone who wanted him since he wasn't a dreamie of mine at first, but that spectacled cat quickly grew on me. Every afternoon he'd walk down to my beach to sit under a coconut tree and eat a sandwich. I'd give the little business cat every sweater vest, tux, or button-down top I'd find at Able Sisters and eventually he had w whole selection of work clothes to choose from so he wouldn't have to use the same shirt every day- I think he appreciated it. Eventually he picked up the custom catchphrase I picked for Papi, "clipclop." It didn't make much sense for a cat to use the sound of hooves on pavement as his catchphrase, but I respected his choices, so I let it be.
One day while browsing the AC Discord server, I saw a post looking for Raymond and explaining that the poster, let's call him Ken, had a cat with the same name who passed the previous day, and he would love to have Raymond on his island, and I, having had my dog pass in June last year (and bought Nintendogs for my 3DS to buy a golden retriever keep the memory of him alive, but that's another story)- I knew his pain. I reached out to him and let him know I was willing to part with my friend so he could be a new companion to someone who needed him more, and proceeded to TT Raymond out.
Raymond pinged me to move, I said my goodbyes and let him go. Ken came over to invite him to his island, and that was that. I then began my search to adopt Raymond from someone else, running through Discord, Reddit, and Nookazon- you name it. I missed my business cat, but honestly had underestimated how difficult it was to get him. I bid all I could, yet was always outbid by someone else. After a few weeks I tried to make an offer on someone taking bids for Raymond, and I was surprised to see that I had already had messages with the seller. To my horror and disbelief, it was Ken. He changed his Discord display name and decided to resell my Raymond with a buyout price of 1,500 NMT.
Now I'm hurt that people would lie to others to earn in-game currency, and I don't have enough to get back what I've lost- maybe I should've been more cautious of people, or maybe I shouldn't have given away Raymond in the first place, and I know there are others who want him as much as I do but I'm a little embarrassed by my naivety as well. I know this is absurd but I promise it's 100% real, and needed to get this off my chest
Thank you for doing this, and to those who read this, thank you as well! Hoping for the best.