I decided to restart my town since my favorite villagers moved out without notice and I felt like I didn't accomplish anything on my own there (I got Bells through a BTB trade and could buy anything no trouble...)
So I have restarted and decided to make a little story out of it. I hope you enjoy it. Don't feel obliged to read or comment, this is just something fun I decided to do.
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Day 1 - Part A
While I look outside the trainwindow I sigh. My hamster Jazz looks up at me from inside his cage that stands next to me on the couch. My mother told me to go on a trip, see new places and have a fun time. I just finished university and was about to go on a holiday when my best friend cancelled it due to illness. It was all understandable, but I had been looking forward to it.
So instead of seeing me moping at home, my mom let me pack my bags, bought a ticket and brought me to the train station. ?I heard there is a good inn at a town named Remaerd,? she had said. ?It has a large beach and the weather is amazing there in this time of the year. We?ve been there before, but you were very small at that time. I?m sure you?ll like it there. An old friend of mine said she was also going to live there soon. You will get along well. Now, here?s your bag and your hamster. Get on that train and go have fun for a few weeks. Bye bye, sweetheart, I love you!?
And with that she pushed me on the train and waved me goodbye. So here I am, with Jazz on a train, going to an unfamiliar place where I don?t even want to go.
From the corner of my eye I see a humanoid cat looking at me. It?s nothing uncommon. In this world, there are humans and humanoid animals. It has always been this way and there is nothing particularly different between them, except that some of them have tails or hooves instead of hands. Even the train?s driver is a monkey. But this blue cat is staring quite intensely now and it?s making me feel uneasy.
He gets up and asks me about the time. I quickly check the time on my cellphone and tell the cat his watch is correct. He thanks me and then sits himself in front of me. We exchange names and he tells me that ?Melyora? is a great name. I tell him I am on my way to Remaerd, a town he says he isn?t familiar with. Rover pulls out a few maps and asks me which town it is. I?ve only quickly scanned the map my mother showed my on the computer at home and I try to recall which map belongs to Remaerd.
When he pulls out the second map, the buildings? locations seem familiar to me. A large lake in the middle of town, with the Town Hall and Retail shop on either side, and the Plaza right below the lake. This was the map that my mother had shown me.
Then Rover asks me if I go to Remaerd very often. I tell him that I don?t remember, since I was very small. He seems surprised and ask what I am going there for. ?I don?t know,? I reply, because in all honesty, I don?t know why I am on this train. Rover says that I seem like the type to do what I feel like, which is true, but not in this case. He jokes and says: ?What if you suddenly felt like maybe settling down in Remaerd? Man, wouldn?t that be something?!? Although I am not sure about it, I feel like a change of pace is just what I need, so I tell him that I?ll see how it goes and let fate decide. Rover continues joking: ?So if something is guiding you to this place, what awaits you there? It?s kind of exciting to think about it!? He laughs and wishes me well, while continuing his happy conversation. His enthusiasm gets to me and I am somewhat looking a bit more forward to going to Remaerd. We arrive at Remaerd and we bid each other goodbye.
At that moment, I might have stayed on the train if I knew how true Rover?s predictions turned out to be.
When I exit the train station I am surrounded by four animals who start whispering as soon as they see me. A yellow cat with a leaf on her head, a big ox who scares me a bit and a pink horse with a dotted shirt.
The fourth, a blond dog with bells on her head, calls them to order and the shout a huge ?WELCOME? at me. I am startled, and even more so when the dog start to welcome me as the mayor. I try to explain that they must be confused. Then the blond dog states that I?ve said that I would arrive on this train, which I quickly deny. She continues to presume I am the mayor while I desperately try to explain I am just here for a holiday, but she assumes I am joking. She offers me a town map, which I accept, dumbfounded by the incident.
The blond dog asks me to walk with her to the Town Hall. I give up resisting and walk with her, the bells on her head jingling as we go. When we arrive she introduces herself as Isabelle and that she is my secretary. She says that even though I am younger than she expected, she hopes that I can bring a breath of fresh air to ?our town?. She appoints me my first task as mayor, and that is to become a resident of the town.
I see no way to refuse and for now, I will play along. She is jokingly trying to register my residency until she scares me with a scary face and tells me that I need a house to register as a resident.
I am not quite sure about the capability of ?my secretary?. Ah well, she apologizes for her stupidity and sends me on my way to Nook?s Homes, the local house-builder. I leave Jazz and my belongings at the Town Hall. I am on my way to Main Street, while I run across some of the local villagers. The pink horse that greeted me earlier is called Peaches. She seems a bit like the confused but very kind type. The brown ox is called Angus. Upon talking to him, he seems less intimidating and welcomes me friendly to town.
When I arrive at Nook?s Homes, the owner, Tom Nook, seems also aware that I am the new mayor. He tells me he wants to help build my house. ?So have you decided on where you want to live?? he asks. ?Not yet,? I tell him, since I haven?t had time to walk around yet. ?Color me unsurprised! You DID just move here, after all, and there?s no sense rushing into anything!? It seems he understands my position at least a bit. Tom offers to walk with me while I search for a suitable place for a house.
It takes a while, because I realize that building a house is a serious deal. If I stay in Remaerd, this will become my permanent home. We come across Angus, and he also advices me to think it through. He even offers me to come live next to him.
But eventually I find a perfect place, with enough room for gardening and a few ponds closeby, which I really like. Angus keeps a watchful eye while Tom Nook reserves the space for me. I am however a bit worried where I am going to sleep, but Tom offers me a tent. His enthusiasm makes me feel a bit less anxious about this whole ordeal of becoming the mayor and becoming a resident of Remaerd.
I return to Town Hall and Isabelle asks me if I found the perfect spot to call home. The spot is perfect, but I am still a bit worried. ?Not knowing how much the house will cost is unsettling? And you?re currently staying in a tent as well?? Isabelle asks. She feels for me and assures me that I?ll feel better once I move into my nice, new home. I hope so. I only took some small change with me, as this was supposed to be a holiday. I am not sure I can really afford a house...
Together with Isabelle I finalize my resident registration and she hands me a Town Pass Card, or TPC for short. When I think I can finally rest, Isabelle says: ?The last thing we?d like you to participate in is a ceremony that commemorates your arrival,? and she directs me to the Event Plaza. ?We?d like for you to plant a tree in the square so it can become a great symbol for our town!?
At the Event Plaza, all the villagers have gathered to see me plant the new Tree. I feel strangely elated and honoured, that I am allowed to do this task. Under great applause and Isabelle?s encouragements I plant the sapling. Maybe becoming the Mayor isn?t such a bad thing to happen to me.
So I have restarted and decided to make a little story out of it. I hope you enjoy it. Don't feel obliged to read or comment, this is just something fun I decided to do.
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Day 1 - Part A
While I look outside the trainwindow I sigh. My hamster Jazz looks up at me from inside his cage that stands next to me on the couch. My mother told me to go on a trip, see new places and have a fun time. I just finished university and was about to go on a holiday when my best friend cancelled it due to illness. It was all understandable, but I had been looking forward to it.
So instead of seeing me moping at home, my mom let me pack my bags, bought a ticket and brought me to the train station. ?I heard there is a good inn at a town named Remaerd,? she had said. ?It has a large beach and the weather is amazing there in this time of the year. We?ve been there before, but you were very small at that time. I?m sure you?ll like it there. An old friend of mine said she was also going to live there soon. You will get along well. Now, here?s your bag and your hamster. Get on that train and go have fun for a few weeks. Bye bye, sweetheart, I love you!?
And with that she pushed me on the train and waved me goodbye. So here I am, with Jazz on a train, going to an unfamiliar place where I don?t even want to go.
From the corner of my eye I see a humanoid cat looking at me. It?s nothing uncommon. In this world, there are humans and humanoid animals. It has always been this way and there is nothing particularly different between them, except that some of them have tails or hooves instead of hands. Even the train?s driver is a monkey. But this blue cat is staring quite intensely now and it?s making me feel uneasy.
He gets up and asks me about the time. I quickly check the time on my cellphone and tell the cat his watch is correct. He thanks me and then sits himself in front of me. We exchange names and he tells me that ?Melyora? is a great name. I tell him I am on my way to Remaerd, a town he says he isn?t familiar with. Rover pulls out a few maps and asks me which town it is. I?ve only quickly scanned the map my mother showed my on the computer at home and I try to recall which map belongs to Remaerd.
When he pulls out the second map, the buildings? locations seem familiar to me. A large lake in the middle of town, with the Town Hall and Retail shop on either side, and the Plaza right below the lake. This was the map that my mother had shown me.
Then Rover asks me if I go to Remaerd very often. I tell him that I don?t remember, since I was very small. He seems surprised and ask what I am going there for. ?I don?t know,? I reply, because in all honesty, I don?t know why I am on this train. Rover says that I seem like the type to do what I feel like, which is true, but not in this case. He jokes and says: ?What if you suddenly felt like maybe settling down in Remaerd? Man, wouldn?t that be something?!? Although I am not sure about it, I feel like a change of pace is just what I need, so I tell him that I?ll see how it goes and let fate decide. Rover continues joking: ?So if something is guiding you to this place, what awaits you there? It?s kind of exciting to think about it!? He laughs and wishes me well, while continuing his happy conversation. His enthusiasm gets to me and I am somewhat looking a bit more forward to going to Remaerd. We arrive at Remaerd and we bid each other goodbye.
At that moment, I might have stayed on the train if I knew how true Rover?s predictions turned out to be.
When I exit the train station I am surrounded by four animals who start whispering as soon as they see me. A yellow cat with a leaf on her head, a big ox who scares me a bit and a pink horse with a dotted shirt.
The fourth, a blond dog with bells on her head, calls them to order and the shout a huge ?WELCOME? at me. I am startled, and even more so when the dog start to welcome me as the mayor. I try to explain that they must be confused. Then the blond dog states that I?ve said that I would arrive on this train, which I quickly deny. She continues to presume I am the mayor while I desperately try to explain I am just here for a holiday, but she assumes I am joking. She offers me a town map, which I accept, dumbfounded by the incident.
The blond dog asks me to walk with her to the Town Hall. I give up resisting and walk with her, the bells on her head jingling as we go. When we arrive she introduces herself as Isabelle and that she is my secretary. She says that even though I am younger than she expected, she hopes that I can bring a breath of fresh air to ?our town?. She appoints me my first task as mayor, and that is to become a resident of the town.
I see no way to refuse and for now, I will play along. She is jokingly trying to register my residency until she scares me with a scary face and tells me that I need a house to register as a resident.
I am not quite sure about the capability of ?my secretary?. Ah well, she apologizes for her stupidity and sends me on my way to Nook?s Homes, the local house-builder. I leave Jazz and my belongings at the Town Hall. I am on my way to Main Street, while I run across some of the local villagers. The pink horse that greeted me earlier is called Peaches. She seems a bit like the confused but very kind type. The brown ox is called Angus. Upon talking to him, he seems less intimidating and welcomes me friendly to town.
When I arrive at Nook?s Homes, the owner, Tom Nook, seems also aware that I am the new mayor. He tells me he wants to help build my house. ?So have you decided on where you want to live?? he asks. ?Not yet,? I tell him, since I haven?t had time to walk around yet. ?Color me unsurprised! You DID just move here, after all, and there?s no sense rushing into anything!? It seems he understands my position at least a bit. Tom offers to walk with me while I search for a suitable place for a house.
It takes a while, because I realize that building a house is a serious deal. If I stay in Remaerd, this will become my permanent home. We come across Angus, and he also advices me to think it through. He even offers me to come live next to him.
But eventually I find a perfect place, with enough room for gardening and a few ponds closeby, which I really like. Angus keeps a watchful eye while Tom Nook reserves the space for me. I am however a bit worried where I am going to sleep, but Tom offers me a tent. His enthusiasm makes me feel a bit less anxious about this whole ordeal of becoming the mayor and becoming a resident of Remaerd.
I return to Town Hall and Isabelle asks me if I found the perfect spot to call home. The spot is perfect, but I am still a bit worried. ?Not knowing how much the house will cost is unsettling? And you?re currently staying in a tent as well?? Isabelle asks. She feels for me and assures me that I?ll feel better once I move into my nice, new home. I hope so. I only took some small change with me, as this was supposed to be a holiday. I am not sure I can really afford a house...
Together with Isabelle I finalize my resident registration and she hands me a Town Pass Card, or TPC for short. When I think I can finally rest, Isabelle says: ?The last thing we?d like you to participate in is a ceremony that commemorates your arrival,? and she directs me to the Event Plaza. ?We?d like for you to plant a tree in the square so it can become a great symbol for our town!?
At the Event Plaza, all the villagers have gathered to see me plant the new Tree. I feel strangely elated and honoured, that I am allowed to do this task. Under great applause and Isabelle?s encouragements I plant the sapling. Maybe becoming the Mayor isn?t such a bad thing to happen to me.
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i miss her </3
