Leaves and Houses Episode 2

Life in Kadaria has been a bit hectic.  Part of the problem is that I went to Handyville for Christmas and I got a little behind on my escapades.  I may have to post a few times close together so that I can catch up on all the latest happenings.

It’s still winter in Kadaria, but the fruit still grows on the trees.  The (second-to-) last time I visited there were a lot of dead flowers.  More than usual, but I don’t expect much when the temperature outside is -20 degrees.  That’s how cold it was in Handyville, so I imagined it was the same in Kadaria.  Here I am watering the flowers:

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It was so cold out I just had to do something about it.  So what did I do?  I got a cup of coffee!  You can see me hanging out in the town square contemplating getting a cup of coffee, but then you can see me getting it from the to-go counter.  That’s a me with a cup of joe.  Weird thing is… it has a green spot on it.  Am I drinking Starbucks in my own game?

I think I wrote about how I was getting a new resident into town the last time.  I’m pretty sure I did because I remember posting about the construction site.  I had not seen a house there before.  Well, I did get a new resident named Jacque.  I was wondering what kind of animal he’d be, being one of my little animal friends, and it turns out that he’s a penguin!  His house is a little odd in comparison to the styles of the other houses, but then again penguins are known to be a strange bunch.  I think it’s fitting given the weather:

After meeting the locals, I had a brief respite.  I thought I’d enjoy one of my public works for a bit.

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I did finally pay off my loan!  So I trekked back to my house and examined the new furnishings I could enjoy.  I opted for a larger upstairs so that I could fit more stuff into it, preferably from the Rococo family.  I also re-arranged some stuff in my messy main hall:

After that it was time to go to town. I’ve always liked the fortune cookies you can buy at Nook’s Convenience store, although I’ve been seeing them less.  I wonder if its because I have them all?  I don’t think I do.  There’s really no way I can tell however, as far as I know, and I just kind of get what I get.  To get a cookie you have to spend a play coin (which you get by walking around with your DS, clever buggers).  Here was my fortune for the day:

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Pretty wise advice.  What else was there to do in town?  Well, I went shopping, but the more significant pace was my makeover!  I started the makeover at the beauty salon.  I decided it was time to lose the wolf head and get some new hair.  I decided I wanted to be all red, in the spirit of Christmas.  So I started with my hair:

Cool looking doo if I do say so myself.  I look like a fierce little gay boy, someone you’d expect to be having an intimate conversation about x-men on a date at IHOP.

Then I went with my outfit:

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Check that hat out!  It’s a flat style hat that’s black, which is exactly the same hat I wear IRL.  Now I look like my self in my game.  A little scary…  Do you like the glasses?

After that I bought some Christmas furniture to top the makeover off:

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My question is, who would sleep in that bed?  And who are the presents for?  I unfortunately missed Toy Day because I was busy.  I was either driving, or, I was at Handyville, where I didn’t really have the right time opportunity.  Either way… it was time for a warm up, so I went on vacation to the islands:

I actually was able to find some new wildlife, and I earned a few tokens by running around a maze collecting fruit.  There’s a lot more fruit in the game than what’s in my town.  I want to collect all the fruit so I have one of every kind, but unfortunately I couldn’t take the fruit from the trip back to Kadaria.  Ah well, we’ll have to see where else I can dig it up.  In the mean time I had some mayoral duties to attend to.  Now that the Reset Center has been put in place, it was time for another public work. This time I chose a windmill, I thought it was aesthetically pleasing.  Here’s what it will look like when it’s done:

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It was time to go to my job in town, working at Nook’s Homes.  When I came in Isabelle said I should work on a town facility, so I said, “Okay girl!  Calm your tits!”  It was time to build the hospital.  Here’s the outside before I started renovations.  For some reason I don’t have a picture of what it looks like after the renovation on the outside:

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I was supposed to build a doctor’s office, a waiting room, and a patient ward.  Each one had slightly different requirements, but I think I did pretty well meeting them all.  I used all the times I’ve sat in hospital waiting rooms with a cut finger as my inspiration.  Actually, I used the old waiting room at the clinic in Handyville where I grew up as inspiration.  They had a little table-top arcade game there, so I put one in too:

The magazines and coffee maker were of course obligatory.

The doctor’s office was interesting.  I wanted to make sure it had all the measuring devices usually found in more intimate doctor visits, but I had limited space.  It also needed a hospital bed, which is odd, but I guess the doctor takes particular residents into his office.  Nook apparently didn’t feel so good:

And lastly, the patient ward.  I needed several beds, so I put those in.  There’s a acute bed behind a curtain, and an operating table behind another in the corner.  I put in several amenities like a sink, and EKG machine.  It came out pretty sterile:

All in all it was an eventful day in Kadaria.

photo credit: outtake #1 via photopin (license)

Asher Wolfstein

I'm a wunk (half-wolf half-skunk) anthromorph from the future that's stuck here in the past. Throughout my travels, I've learned that being true to yourself is one of the most important things you can do. On my blog I write about my life, interests, projects, observations, struggles, and whatever catches my fancy, otherwise I write reference/educational material on How To Program Anything and open-source software at Press Accept Software. Sometimes I make computer games. My projects are generally concerned with websites, computer science, linguistics, video game design/programming, and (animal/furry) costuming (fursuits). I study Japanese (日本語), read technical books, manga, self-help, cookbooks, and just about anything else, cook, make, and play games for fun. You can sometimes find me virtually on Second Life as kadar.talbot where I head up Falcraft Square, the premiere Cybercadia sim housing, among other things, Original Pursuits LLC's virtual office.

私は未来から来たワンク(半狼、半スカンク)の擬人化体で、ここに過去から立ち往生しています。 旅を通して、私は自分自身に忠実であることが最も重要なことの一つであることを学びました。 私のブログでは、自分の人生、興味、プロジェクト、観察、苦労など、気になったことを何でも書きます。それ以外の場合は、参考/教育資料やオープンソース ソフトウェアを書きます。 時々コンピューターゲームを作ります。 私のプロジェクトは通常、ウェブサイト、コンピューター サイエンス、言語学、ビデオ ゲームのデザイン/プログラミング、および (動物/毛皮の) 衣装に関係しています。 日本語を勉強したり、専門書、マンガ、自己啓発本、料理本などを読んだり、料理したり、作ったり、ゲームをしたりして楽しんでいます。 Second Life 上では、kadar.talbot として仮想的に私を見つけることができます。そこでは、ファルクラフト スクエア、プレミア サイバーカディア シム ハウジング、とりわけ Original Pursuits LLC の仮想オフィスを率いています。

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