A Bug Lover's Birthday

Mabure had the most notable happening of the day so I'm writing about it first today.

Before we get to that event, I had this happen while running around taking care of Avril's business for the day:

But it isn't like Avril to be a showhog, even though it would have been her turn for a Mabure update. No, today's big event was that it's Nagako's birthday. Beyond knowing that she's a teenager, I have no idea what her non-AC counterpart's age is, but it was a very enjoyable experience all the same.

She stepped out of her house today (or tonight, rather - I didn't get around to it until 7 PM due to my screwed-up sleeping cycle and that I played out the Camazotz update before this one despite the order I'm posting their updates in) to find Rocco standing outside waiting for her. I wonder what he wants to do?

He lead her to his house, and what do you know:

Surprise birthday party! I find it really funny that the cranky villagers throw in a "stinkin'" when saying "happy birthday" when none of the other villager types add anything (or at least uchi and snooty villagers don't).

 There was a cake ready for her, and all she needed to do was decide on a wish and blow out the candles. It took some fidgeting (one, I needed to locate the 3DS's microphone because it's next to invisible, and even when I did find it it didn't want to work right for some reason), but eventually...

Success was achieved. Now that they're a little more visible I'll now point out the other two animals who were invited; Bob and Savannah. Incidentally, these were the exact two animals who got invited to Avril's birthday party earlier in the year (July 22, to be exact, which is my real-life birthday in addition to being Avril's and Danielle's. Eloise was the one hosting the party in that case).

Rocco complimented Nagako on her candle-blowing (despite the fact that it wasn't that great) and then gave her the present he and the others picked out for her. What was the present? You'll see.

And what was Nagako's wish? Let me tell you right now:

Compared to Avril's wish to have Marina move to Mabure one day, Nagako's wish for more insect furniture was rather tame in comparison. To be fair, I do want more insect furniture for her as I think that side of her could be a bit more obvious from looking at her house.

Either way, Rocco told her he and the other animals would be cheering her on for accomplishing that wish.

It's a party, and so Nagako celebrated the one thrown in her honor in the way she did for the one thrown for Rocco: with the Shrunk Funk Shuffle. Everybody dance now.

I don't have much to say about the rest of the party, and so I'll just dump the other pictures I took below:

The reason he provided for not getting her this was that it'd go bad before she'd get to finish it all. I see Nagako as being more a carnivore anyway, so I'm not certain she'd like veggie stew anyway.

 Even though I knew this would happen on Nagako's birthday from both watching Chugga's birthday on his channel and from celebrating Avril's earlier this year, and even though it's not my actual birthday, I still really enjoyed it. It's little touches like these that make this game as enjoyable as it is.

Nagako would have loved to party all night long, but sadly she had other things she needed to get to that night. So after staying around for a while, she bid farewell to the party and headed on out.

 Rocco had one more thing to say before she left. He seemed a little upset that she was leaving, but thanked her for going along with it all the same.

And that was that. Nagako's one year older, and now I know that out of all the animals in Mabure she's closest to Rocco. Honestly I can't think of a better best friend for her.

Her birthday present was this set of candles. I was expecting a hat as that was what Avril and I believe Chugga got and so I assumed that would always be it. Turns out there's a whole series of this stuff, apparently.

Besides the candles, Rocco, Bob, and her mother also sent her additional gifts. From Rocco she received an incense burner which she put to use immediately; from Bob she got a marshmallow chair, and from her mother she got a hamster cage. Graham would probably have some things to say about that last one.

To end things off, here's what everyone else had to say about the occasion:

 

Happy birthday, Nagako! Hopefully I'll get around to writing the story you're a part of someday.

Happy Hippo Birthday

And now onto the Mabure update.

As I said in the first Mabure update, I plan on rotating between my three Mabure characters for updates about the town. Today is Nagako's turn. She's named after a character of mine, and as such she's mostly themed around said character (although her AC self really helped develop the version of her that actually appears in a story).

As the character's Japanese I tried my best to make sure she looked the part. Same goes for her house (although right now I'd say it's probably more generally Asian themed). She's also quite the bug lover, so she also has quite a bit of the insect series.

Now for the main event: Today is Rocco's birthday. Avril already paid him a visit and gave him a gift, although that happened off camera. The reason I'm recording Nagako's visit is not just because it's her turn for the update; Rocco's a strong contender for the title of Nagako's best friend, and since her own birthday is coming up this Wednesday I figured it'd be best for her to return the favor to Rocco.

After buying some wrapping paper for her gift Nagako made her way to Rocco's place. He greeted her as soon as she entered, expressing his happiness that she chose to come. Now that there's a party going on, there's only one thing to do....

Everybody dance now! I love the Shrunk Funk Shuffle.

Nagako didn't dance for too awful long; she had a gift to give, after all. I didn't manage to take a picture of the gift in question, but she gave Rocco a sword. As you can see, he really liked it. Here's hoping he'll be trustworthy with that thing.

 Also present was Eloise. Interestingly enough, when Avril dropped by Rocco's other guest was Wendy. I'm guessing this means Rocco has two best friends, which means he's doing pretty well for himself. Although Eloise was also here when Rosaline visited, so maybe that means Eloise is closer to him than Wendy. Who knows?

Either way, Nagako stayed around for a little while, getting down with her bad self and occasionally chatting with Rocco and Eloise. Sadly, she couldn't stay for the whole time (if nothing else, this was played out before I had the chance to get some shut-eye).

Rocco thanked her for the gift, and that was that. No more villagers have a birthday this month, so it'll probably be a while before I get to cover another one.

The next update is for Rosaline, and incidentally I have just the thing for then. That'll be tomorrow, however. Also, Camazotz is likely going to get another newcomer tomorrow (I forgot to mention that no one else decided to move in during the update today), so there's that.

Until the next one, folks.