AWKWARD ZOMBIE

This took way longer than it should have. Doing this crashed my computer 3 times. God I hate this old piece of crap.



While making the map, I was going to cut out Kicks and Shampoodles, but it's not like those stores will ever really become useful to you guys, so have at them aswell. The stores on the map are available, so you can use:

The Post Office
T&T Mart
Lief's Gardening Store
Shampoodles
Able Sisters
Kicks
Museum (with second floor)
Re-Tail

Everything else is off-limits right now.

And now to address everything. By the way, the day will last another 24 hours because ending it now would be kinda dumb. So bear with me.~



"Bonjour! Oui oui~"

"We're cultured! You bastard."

"What might you be looking for? I'm free for a date."

The store is bare except for a some stationary, spare tools, stale cookies, and a catalog machine. It boasts "fast delivery" of "any furniture". How odd.



You head over to Bud's house first, as it's closest, only to find the remains of it roped off. You try to get past the rope barrier when a voice yells out at you.

"I'M SORRY, MY GOOD CHUM, BUT YOU ARE NOT PERMITTED BEYOND THIS POINT. WE'RE REMOVING ANY REMAINING TRACE OF THE FORMER DOMICILES OF THESE DEAD VILLAGERS. WE ASK THAT YOU NOT STEP BEYOND THE BOUNDS OF THIS ROPE, OR TOM NOOK WILL FORFEIT YOUR LIFE, FRIEND."

Well, there goes that. No fun allowed.



Punchy and Cranston enter the museum.

"Oh thank goodness you've come, villagers! I was so worried about you!"

"I mean, the educational purposes of this museum is nothing if it can't be enjoyed by others. I can feel your minds positively weeping from the lack of information being fed to them."

"Now then, in 1895, the quality of life overseas was so terrible that many people died of famine. It wasn't until the cross-continental train line was built that people could eat turnips no matter where they lived. Because of this, the turnip inductry thrived and spawned a world-wide market, which is now heavily inflated and prone to fluctuations> If you look at this handy chart, you can see that not only does it fluctuate over time, but also over regions. Now, the interesting this about turnips is that they contain a naturally occuring chemical that causes an allergic reaction in animals with a turnip allergy... Oh well, I guess that would actually be obvious... Anyways, islands became popular tourist destinations after the world famous actress went missing on an island, but was found to actually be using it as a way to get away from the world. Women everywhere wanted to emulate her, and so islands became a lot more crowded by animals..."

On the wall is a sign that says:

This is Blathers. Do not engage.

Oh.

I am here, yes.

A curious Coco hesitantly opens the door to the post office, peering inside. "Hello?"

It had been tramatic the last few nights, what with two villagrs being murdered. Octavian had checked out for a few days while the news settld in. He might be a gigantic douche, but the poor mollusk still had feelings
"I'm headding to shampoodles, sucker." Octavians voice was quiet and still cranky. No one seemed to be headded inthat direction. He needed to think

oh yisssssss you brought back his rambling

"Ugh.... where should we go first," Punchy asks Cranston sleepily.

"Out." Cranston replied. He muttered apologies about leaving the window running to Blathers and ushered Punchy out of the museum.

Once peace had returned to their ears, Cranston looked about the rest of the street. "Let's try the Able Sisters," he suggested.

Pierce leaves his home and decides to head to the train station.

You see two pelicans behind the desk. They both wave as you enter.

"Do you need something hun?"

"Yeah, feel free to let us know so we can help you quickly (So you can leave us alone, you little blood sucker)."

They seem lovely!



"Oh hello!" you hear as soon as the door opens.

what stands before you is... a PANK poodle. Alright then.

"What can I do for you, sweeti- Oh... you have no hair..."

"Uhh... do you want contacts... Or a wig?"



"Oh, well, I'll always be here! Much like the nuclear silos in West Pinkerton, which is an interesting tale that involves espionage, weapon dearmament agreements, and fake gelatin..."

You get out of dodge before you are consumed by the beast.

You enter The Able Sisters shop, and see three hedgehogs tending to the store. The one behind the sewing machine shrinks back a little as you enter, and the smartly dressed one gives a little wave to you and goes back to fawning over the clothes and keeping them from getting creased.

"Howdy, I'm Mabel Able! What can we do ya for? Perhaps you'd enjoy a Mint Gingham Plaid outfit?"



You enter the Train Station and the Locker is there, just as Nook said it was.

"Can I help you with something, eek eek?" you hear a familiar voice say.

No... it can't be...

"I know I can't call a train for you, but I'd like to help in any way I can, eek eek!" Porter says with a smile.

This post deleted itself three times. All of my hate.

Joe glares at the Hard Hatted Cactus, kicks the ground, and storms off. He later decides to head to the museum.

Pierce stares at the monkey in disbelief.

"You....? But....I saw Tom Nook murder you!"

"...no, I'm fine with my Cherry tee," Punchy replies, browsing the shop as he speaks.

Whitney recoiled slightly from the nooklings, trying not to look uncomfortable. She offered the two raccoons a smile. "I'm not looking for anything in particular," she said. "Just trying to familiarize myself with the place. I'll...come and visit you two later, maybe." She turned and walked out of the T&T mart, then headed for the Re-tail. Despite the bad vibes she got from the store, thanks to the murder that had taken place in front of it, she was still curious to see if anything useful was in stock.

"Oh jubilations! We have another visitor today! This requires a grand celebration. And you know what celebrations remind me of? Operas. Before Opera was a Operating System, or OS as the "hip crowd" call it today, it used to be a well respected part of Eurapean* culture, only following card tricks and mimery. Animals would sing at high pitches, and the less words you could make out through the melody, the better the performance. However, operas have gone extinct, as the lst reported sighting of one was over 25 years ago. Now the only way to learn about them is through old videos and audio clips. There's some people who believe that there are still operas out in the wild, but most "evidence" for the existence of them ends up being a man in a girdle or an oratorio. And speaking of celebrations, it's believed the first birthday was celebrated over 1 million years ago by a cow named Betsy. She was one of the first animals to understand the yearly cycle and worked back her life one day at a time until she discovered what day she was born. It's amazing that she could remember that. Sadly, her birthday ended in ruin, as she was caught in a volcanic eruption and preserved in ash as she blew out her candles. This was definitive proof that she was celebrating her birthday, but isn't that an awful and intriguing way to celebrate? Another celebration that comes to mind is New Years, which unbeknownst to most people isn't just an arbitrary date for the beginning of the calendar. It actually has to do with..."

WHAT HAVE YOU DONE?

*This is not a typo. It's a shitty pun.



"What are you talking about? I helped pull you out of that train accident. I've been busy since then helping get the train wreck out of here so it doesn't affect your daily lives."

"Are you okay?"



"Okay, but I think a Rock Star such as yourself could use a whole new look. Cherries don't really scream "Rock".



"Hello, welcome to Re-"

"YOU HITTIN' ON MY WIFE?"

That escalated quickly. Is there anyone sane in this village? The female Llama calms down her husband and allows you to look around the store a bit more.

As for the store, it's mostly empty, though it seems a few things belonging to Bud and Diana are in here. Too bad they're pretty much duplicates of what you already have.

A few hours pass, and then...

*ding dong*

"Ehh... you bastards finally decided to spend a day exploring the shops. I hope you found things you liked. For now, Main Street is off limits, so come back on this side of the train tracks, or else~"

"The stores will always be open during daytime hours, and Re-Tail will stay open until 11 most nights."

"Now, enjoy your night. It'll be bright and sunny tomorrow!"

Night 5

Sorry for any delays in my responses. I'm working with a 10 year old desktop that can't run anything but IE without crashing, and because of bloatware, the comp is prone to freezing or logging me out, which destroys all progress with posts. Typing the same thing repeatedly sucks. But enough about my problems~