AWKWARD ZOMBIE

Dear Diary,



Today's the big move! Finally I'm out on my own in the world!

I made a new friend on the train already! He was.....kinda creepy, actually! Asked a bunch of questions about me and where I'm going and why.

Unfortunately no pictures allowed on board, so I can't really do much about it now.

Sorry guys!



But after all the stress of traveling and unsolicited questioning, I'm about ready to relax for the day.

So as long as no one suddenly thrusts a heap of responsibility on me suddenly, I think I'll be OK.



What



Uhh



What's happening



Excuse me, can you folks help me find the-



OW JESUS



Wait, "Mayor"???????

This.....is Centuria, right?



Yeah, but......"mayor"????????????????????????????



Look, sister, you're confusing me with someone else!



Yeah, I just left my big red nose and giant yellow shoes on the train. I'll go back and get them.

......Don't follow me.



Wait.....but......



Aww, nuts.



Well, the town looks nice, at least. There's lots of fresh peaches everywhere! That golden one on the top branch looks especially tasty!

(Gold fruit sells for a lot of Bells, and if the fruit is native to your town, you can plant them for more gold fruit!)

There's also mushrooms growing all over the place. My family loves to pick mushrooms every November. Makes me feel at home already.

Anyways, let's just get this over with.



Can you help me figure out what the hell is going on here?



Guess that means no.



I am definitely not questioning your skills of discernment right now.



Not. At. All.



What, I can't be mayor?

OH

FOR SHAME



Right. The house thing. Where do I go about getting one of those again?



Just like the hardened settlers of the wild west. I like it.



Right, off we go!



But first, let's do a little meet and greet!



Glad to know you planned such a warm welcome.



Well first we'll need like 3 amusement parks and a casino.

Tourism is big cheddar.



I'm starting to see why this town is so unheard of.

Now where's the real estate office?



Ah, here we go!



Yeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee

He's in a lil sweater!

I find you instantly trustworthy!



Sigh..... I guess there's no escaping it now.



We're gonna DIY the shit out of this place.



I think I found a cozy little spot to settle down over by the beach.



ohmigoshhe'sinalittlejacketnowyeeeeeeeeeee

I mean uhh

To the beach!



MURICA

I MEAN HELLO



It's possible. You are quite cleverly disguised after all.



Whoa, getting friendly quick, are we?

Don't expect me to invite you over for lasagna just like that!



As long as you don't scream about illegal cats stealing our jobs, we should be OK.



Well, the small inlet we're perched on will make it pretty hard for new neighbors to move in too close, so I'm thinking yes.



That sea breeze makes this prime real estate.

GIMME



Well, how about an estimate at least?

Are we talking like 50 Bells?

100 Bells?



I'm thinking like 100 Bells.

150 tops.



Wait where are you going?



OH ARE YOU SERIOUS



I'LL HAVE YOU KNOW I AM THE MAYOR

YOU KNOW

THE ONE WHO FUNDS YOUR WHOLE OPERATION?



WE'LL JUST SEE IF I SIGN THE NEXT CHARTER YOU PUT FORWARD

Ugh

I need something obnoxiously colorful to cheer me up.



Perfect.



Oh my god you're so cute.



Oh my god you're SO CUTE.



Po po?

What are you talking about, Nana?

Wait

Nana

Po po

GASP

ICE CLIMBERS CONFIRMED FOR SM4SH



Hi Paula from Earthbound! You're a mouse!



I don't believe in mayor love at first sight.



GOD EVERYONE IS EXPECTING THINGS OF ME

GEEZ



There's one straggler who didn't make it to the welcoming ceremony, and it's this person!

All right, you, what gives?!?!?



Yeah maybe you'd already know that IF YOU WERE THERE TO WELCOME ME TO TOWN YOU JERK



My first order of business is redoing that welcome, with more pizzaz!

MANDATORY ATTENDANCE



And now you hate sandwich crusts?!?!?

You're the worst, Tipper.

THE

WORST



I'm leaving now.

THINK ABOUT WHAT YOU CAN DO FOR YOUR MAYOR



This is a pretty nice beach! You can see my house from here!

Uhh, almost!



WHOA FUCK

Who's leaving their mushroom themed furniture around here?

Oh well, finder's keepers!

(In November, there's one piece of furniture from the Mush Set to find every day when you pick a mushroom off the ground!)



I HAVE RETURNED WITH A HOME

KIND OF



It's pretty much the best. Prime real estate, lemme tell you.



Ugh, don't remind me.

I TRUSTED THAT RACCOON



I don't know how comfortable I am giving you my Social Security Number.



......Oh.

Right after taxes are due.



When everyone else's stress had ended....MY MOTHER'S BEGAN.



Woohoo! Governmental authority!



Yesssssssssss, now this is a welcome ceremony!



Oh....that's it? Gardening?



Gardening.



Dear Diary,

I think......



I think life in Centuria will be pretty great.



I'd like to thank the Academy for this nomination.



I hope our town doesn't get destroyed due to deforestation.



All right then, no time to waste, let's get right to wor-



My first day on the job and it's already a federal holiday?

SWEET



Ah, yes, the noble postman! The mail never fails, am I right?

(I got a letter from the mysterious person who was supposed to be mayor, but couldn't capture it.)

Now let's see what the inside of this tent looks like!



ACK

Home invasion!

And I don't even technically own a home yet!



Way to rub it in, Isabelle.



Did you sing the C-A-M-P-F-I-R-E S-O-N-G Song?



Oh god I just threw up in my mouth a little bit.



Oh Santa, you shouldn't have!



HAHAHAHA I GET IT

I'M A POOR PERSON



I can't wait to get an actual goddamn house.

This is insufferable.



Kerosene doesn't exactly.....stop working just like that.



Get outta here, you

LEAVE ME ALONE WITH MY LANTERN



I suppose I should actually examine the town I'm going to be governing.

But first let's see a raccoon about a bill.



Well, considering I don't seem to have any luggage, uhh, yes. I suppose I did.



Hit me with it. It shouldn't take to long to gather those 100 Bells.



Oh.

That is a little more than 100 Bells.

That's like

100x more than 100 Bells.

This may take a little while.

Let's see what else is on Main Street!



First, the museum!



I'm sorry, did I interrupt your nap during your JOB?



Well, you're adorable, so I'll let it slide this once.



That's what it says on my desk.



You seem to be a learned man....err, owl.

What goes on here?



Uhh......in English???



Oh! Right. I knew that.

Heh.



So how are you still here....?

You know what?

I don't want to know.



Right, let me just dig out my collection of dinosaur fossils that I absolutely have and give it to you.

What else is there to see?



How about a post office?



I have to thank you for your diligence, dear postal worker!

Through rain and sleet and snow and all that.



Ooh, what a quaint little store!



Don't you judge me. Everyone has to have their first time.



Kind of small for a furniture store, aren't you....?

Moving on then!



Now THIS is more like it.



How does everyone know about me before I meet them?!?!?



Hell yes, I'm popular! Take THAT, Karen from the cheerleading squad! Who's the cool girl now?



Apparently not THAT popular though.



I am deeply offended that I am not loved and acknowledged by all.



The other half of the store has hats and accessories run by a third hedgehog and she might be my favorite.



WHOA SNAP

SALE IN PROGRESS



Wait that isn't the same kid from before?

Uhh

Is cloning legal in this town?



I am the mayor and I wait for no one.



Basically this store buys all the things you don't want and lets you put furniture up for sale at your own price.



OH GOD I'M SORRY



Oh jesus please don't stab me



There's lot to do in this town, like digging up fossils that Blathers couldn't find for some reason,



catching bugs and trying not to be COMPLETELY terrified,



and catching fish that surprisingly WANT to bite at your line!

All while making puns!



Let's take a photo for our ID, and then we have one more thing to take care of for today.



#hellastylin

(Wow! This was a long episode! I'm going to try for daily updates, but they won't be this long. There's just a lot of intro stuff for today. I'll record anything I find interesting, but don't expect screenshots of every new bug or every time I get a new furniture piece! Also leave some suggestions about what you'd like to see for the town! And if you'd like to have your town featured, I'm sure that can be arranged as well!)

The localization of this game is awful. I mean they passed up the chance to say "pray your respects". Completely dropped.

I'll be interested in seeing how things progress. Don't bully Tipper too hard or I'll tell Isabelle you're causing problems.

OK NO BUT TIPPER REALLY IS THE WORST

I found my cheddar rock today and was right in the middle of hitting the rock when SHE CAME OVER AND TALKED TO ME

I COULD HAVE PAYED OFF MY HOME LOAN TIPPER

GOD DAMMIT

This was cute.


Almost makes me want to pop in my own copy again. Almost.

Oh man you have Cole too!
He's awesome.

I trade Perfect Apples for Perfect peaches.

Dear Diary,



Becoming a homeowner is hard.



I'd be rather pop flyin' to never think about how many fish I had to catch to pay for this.

SO MANY FISH



Yesssssssss

I think I've had just about enough roughing it for one lifetime!



BLUE BLUE BLUE BLUE BLUE MAKE IT BLUE



Bitch my home is already gonna be perfect because I'M living there.



Of course, one can always improve on perfection.



EXCITEMENT

Although I guess that means I get to spend another night in the tent while they build the thing.

Maybe I'll ask Isabelle if I can sleep at the office.



HI CAN I STAY HERE TONIGHT

I MEAN

I'M THE MAYOR SO I'M STAYING THE NIGHT



See, there's your problem right there. The smart woman on the move knows not to bring anything with her.



You have a family?



Well I've already discovered the comfy chair, so you can skip that explanation.



Put me on your most delicious sandwiches.



COULD YOU FORGET THINGS MORE QUIETLY



Dear Diary,

Bureaucracy is alive and well.



No I thought I'd contemplate the universeOF COURSE I DO



Heh. Yeah.....about that.....



Well they seemed pretty approving of me yesterday.

And I approve of me.

And you approve of me or you're fired.

Quota met!



SON OF A BITCH

THAT'S LOWER THAN OBAMA'S APPROVAL RATING

AND I HAVEN'T EVEN ANNOUNCED KATIECARE YET



Yes good, that's definitely a thing that's possible and realistic.

Let's get started!

(Gaining 100% approval is done by doing various tasks around town, like completing villager requests or pulling weeds. There's a few one-time only things you can do that I'll go over in a bit.)



I found a rock with cheddar in it yesterday as well, but Tipper interrupted me and I couldn't get it all.

Proof positive that she is still THE WORST



SOMEONE'S HEAD IS GONNA ROLL FOR THIS



ALRIGHT COLE I KNOW IT WAS YOU



Maybe they're really lasers of GUILT, hmm???



SO MANY FISH



Now this is a guy I can relate to!

You and I are gonna get along just fine.



I'm still trying to decide if you're adorable or not.

The jury's very much still out on this one.



No, because I sold them all so I could stop being Mayor Hobo.



Nana do you ever leave your house?



Yeah, extraneous relationships, emotional baggage, festering guilt.....



Oh.

How much do they take for that stuff?



Oh well I'll just wear a paper bag over my head from now on, Camofrog.

WOULD THAT MAKE YOU pop flyin'



WHOA

WAAAAAAAAAY TOO PERSONAL THERE



Yeah, I got all that stuff yester-

UHH

EXCUSE ME SIR

I MEAN MADAM

sir.....?

ANYWAYS DO YOU MIND

WE ARE HAVING A CONVERSATION



By the way, this is a special guest in town today! I can't actually do anything with them yet, but we'll see them again and I'll go over what they do then.



Oh hey, I'm not gonna be the new person anymore! On my second day!

Thankfully Henry decided not to pick a terrible spot to put his house down.



One of the ways to boost your approval rating is to change the town tune!

Chances are you'll probably want to change it anyways, since the randomized ones are usually pretty meh.

You can only increase your approval rating once this way though!



I think I know what I'm gonna go with.

The only thing that sucks is that you can only use natural notes, no sharps or flats.

For those less musically inclined, it just means that your selection of songs to make gets pretty limited.



SING IT TO ME



OK this is actually pretty darn cute.



I'm glad you like it, because that song makes me cry like a baby.

That whole game does.



You can also change your flag design for a one-time boost to your approval rating!



What can I say? I felt......



pretty inspired.



Writing a memo also boosts your approval rating once.



I still don't know how much I trust you, bovine.



Oh god don't say things like that.

You're gonna give me an ulcer.

This place needs a SERIOUS fixer-upper.



Donating to the museum is a repeatable action for approval, and I didn't screencap this yet, so there!



WHOA SUDDEN CLOTHING CHANGE

Water flowers is also repeatable.



That shirt actually does look really good on you!



Your fashion sense

It is incredible



And we get rewarded for our kind words!

Hooray for getting gifts for being a decent person!



Not bad, but I'm not really feeling it right now.

I like my polka dot tee a little better.



YOU DIDN'T EVEN HAVE TO ASK

ALSO LEAVE YOUR HOUSE NANA JESUS



Ugh, these people are so stingy!

WHY WON'T YOU LOVE ME



Welp, there is a cap on how much your approval rating can increase in one day, so that's about all we can do for now!

Tomorrow we'll have an actual roof over our heads!

*Reading story* Huh so that's why I found a Mush Table.

One fish.

Wait, considering it's november, probably rather two fish. Maybe one red fish and one blue fish?

Wait, is there really a hard cap?

Because I remember getting it in the first day just because I kept fishing up garbage and disposing of it. For like 8 hours.

Maybe not then.......?

I dunno, I've always had trouble getting it on the first day, but it's possible I overlooked something.

I think it's tedious as hell, but possible. Probably not worth it though, because I remember being stuck on 97 for awhile.

Dear Diary,



I am never going camping again.

EVER



GAAAA

HOW DO YOU KEEP FINDING YOUR WAY INTO MY LIVING SPACE



I am certainly enjoying not being a homeless mayor.



All I can smell is wet dog.

Had to take a quick shower this morning, did we?



Fuckin SCORE

GIMME GIMME



You know you could have just handed it to me like a normal person.

No need to get frisky.



WAIT COME BACK

YOU HAVEN'T BEEN FED YET

I NEED TO BE A GOOD HOST

WHERE DID I PUT THOSE BISCUITS



Welp, she left.

Just got into my pants and then left without the biscuits.

TYPICAL

Anyways, this wallpaper looks pretty nice!



COLE I SWEAR TO GOD YOU ARE ON MY SHIT LIST



Apparently I just EXUDE my mayoral presence.



I have done absolutely nothing deserving of praise yet.

Why can't my family be supportive like this?



Well so far you've made the best first impression out of everyone here.



AND HE'S A HIPSTER

LORD ALMIGHTY



Aww, what a little charmer.

........You still have to pay your taxes.



ON TO OTHER FROG BUSINESS



I don't know how you could possible be sleeping with K.K. Rock blasting right in your ear like that.



Always glad to help you.....wake up....?

This is getting weird, I'm leaving.



Finally, someone cool to talk to.



Well that is just downright horrifying and I hope you're not insinuating what I think you are.



INSECTS BELONG OUTSIDE

AND NOT IN MY LINE OF SIGHT



Uuuuuuuuuuuuugh

Only because you're just so gosh darn cute.



pop flyin' BIRTHDAY TO THE SKY

I can't get these yet!



Well what have we here?

This person better have a permit for this spot.



Oh god it's a Scientologist.

WE DON'T WANT WHAT YOU'RE SELLING HERE



Uhh

Hakuna matata to you too?



Why do more people not recognize my greatness like this?



Yeah, and then it's a 300 Bell "spiritual installation fee" and a 500 Bell "cosmic energy surcharge" and then I end up owing someone a kidney.

OK fine whatever.



That's exactly what the last doctor I went to said before my exam.

He doesn't practice anymore.



It's our problem free

Philosophy



OH GOD SHE'S BEING POSSESSED BY XENU



Where the hell are we?

I WANT OFF THIS RIDE



daisies, what a player!



A player with, uhh,

unique tastes.



I really don't want to know how you peeping on a foursome is going to improve my love life.



What



What, are we expecting rain or something?

Hello?????



OK YES BUT WHAT ABOUT THE BOOTS



Sigh...... Just send the bill for my non-vital organs to my mailing address....



I AM AN ENABLER



No really, let's just forget this ever happened.



Uhh

Right

Just what I wanted

Because as we all know, I am an expert at shogi and totally know what it is.

Oh that's what it is.



WHOA MAMA LOOK AT THIS BEAUT

(Hold on to these if you have them! You can make some cool stuff with them later!)



Oh, what, you don't have the magic touch, Tipper?

......I have the magic touch. Am I weird?

Maybe I'm weird.



That's a.....thing to say.

Thanks?



Oh come on, I hosted DnD last night and YOU DIDN'T WANT TO COME



I'd go.

You know, if there were snacks.



WHAT MORE DO YOU PEOPLE WANT FROM ME

(Upgrading your tent to a house is a huge boost to approval rating. Speaking of houses.....)



Yeah I just need to change the locks so Isabelle stops breaking in.



Drumroll please......



Actually....yeah, kinda.

We're like two thirds of the way there already.



Anything for those dear sweet postal workers.



Oh god are there going to be tests on home decor?

I didn't study already!



"You are good at house. A+"



I can't wait for my participation ribbon.



I'm not sure how much of the HH Showcase I'll be able to, uhh, showcase, since it's a Streetpass function. If I run into someone, I'll go over it though.



THE MAIL NEVER FAILS



As much as I'd love to avoid more homophobic conversations with him, I can't deny the appeal of being a part time employee of the United States Postal Service.



NO CAMOFROG OBAMA IS NOT GAY, HE HAS A WIFE

I MEAN THIS IS FOR YOU



Should I even address how creepy it is leaving your clothes over at a woman's house?



Ha! Mayor Katelyn has no need for pajamas because Mayor Katelyn never sleeps.



Well I learned that global warming is just part of the liberal agenda, so make of that what you will.



He left his clothes at your house, THAT IS A GIANT RED FLAG, GIRL



Yeah....... Still debating that one.



Well to be fair, that top is absolutely adorable.

I might have to steal it from you.



I could not find Cole all day and he was in here looking at bugs the whole time!



It'd better be a bug or I'm gonna raise cane on whoever is littering in my museum.



FINALLY I'M POPULAR



Aww yisssssssssssss



Now is when we commence with the plans for once a week mandatory "Give the Mayor a Massage" program, right?



SON OF A BITCH



Is it ready yet?

No?

daisies.

What about now?

....No?

UGH

I REALLY NEED THAT MASSAGE



Well let's get started on freeing ourselves from crippling debt.



Dear Diary, it looks like I've still got some time to kill before I can really get down to business.

Maybe I'll take up shogi in the meantime.

I've sold every one of those geodes I've come across, save for three gold nuggets.
Guess who owns a solid gold toilet.

Coldest dang toilet in the winter EVER