CHAPTER 2

THE TOWN TOUR

DAY 3, MONTH 1, YEAR 1.

"So..." Jared began, "how about I show you around town?"

"Well, thank you very much. I'd love to have a tour!"

"Alright! Let's begin then. Why don't we start with the shopping district?"

As we started towards the shopping district, something clicked in my mind. "Hey, you said you're the engineer right?"

"That would be correct..."

"Well, you come from that feud between Red and Blu right?"

"That's right."

"How long do you mean to stay?"

"Well, a few months. Red split and parted ways since Medic, Heavy, and Soldier just disappeared one day. The team was afraid of being the last one, so we stopped fighting and let Blu take over... But I plan to find them and get the team back, we can't let Blu keep our base for long."

"I can come with you and help gather the team... I'll bring some fighters too."

"That sounds wonderful but... How good are these fighters? Any battle experience?"

"Well... not very much. But they can hold their ground, I promise."

"Alright, I'll be leaving earlier than I meant to, the 6th next month. Meet me at the train station at 3:15am, that's the earliest departure right?"

"Pretty close. I'll gather the team..." We reached the top of the stairs. "let's start with Nookling Junction, it is in construction, but they'll finish in a few days. And beside that is... Well, it's empty but beside that empty space is Able Sisters! The clothes shop. Combined with the hats and accsesories of the Labelle brand, Mabel, Sabel, and Labelle run a small shop in Orange!"

"That's the town's name? Really?"

"Yes... it was named that because only oranges grow naturally here! Previous mayor and founder of Orange."

"Well, I can't argue with that reasoning. So uh... Who's the mayor now?"

"That would be me. And I know that you're wondering. No, I can't change the town's name..." We arrived at the end of the street. "Alright, so here we have Kicks and the Museum... Go to Kicks to buy various shoes and the Museum to donate things like fossils, paintings, fish, and insects. Oh, and by the other side there's Nook's Homes, the photo booth for taking pictures to put on your TPC, which you'll need! Follow me to the town hall!"

At the town hall...

"Hey Issabelle, I need an empty TCP card. I have the new villager."

Dell popped his head in the door, "That's what you call those things? I think I'd call them all furries."

Issabelle looked surprised at Dell, wondering why he's a human. And such a strange looking human too. "Alright! What's the name?"

"I'm Dell Conagher, an-" Dell's face turned from calm to very agitated, "Great, another furry. Jared are you the only normal human being here?"

Jared was confused. "What d'ya mean?"

"All the people outside are in animal suits. You might be open to that but the rest of society... Ugh..."

"Oh no Dell, those out there are animals. This is quite a wild world, full of strange things..."

"Well okay then..."

There was silence for a few moments until Issabelle broke it, "Alright, that's Mr. Dell Conagher? I'll get that up here and... There! Here's the card, go up to the shopping district to get a picture for that card. Don't lose it, it's free for newcomers but then you need to pay about 15,000 Bells to replace it. Then go to Nook's-"

"What the hell are bells?" Dell interrupted.

"Bells are our currency! I think one Bell is the equivalent of one dollar in other currencies..."

"Anyway..." Issabelle said with very slight aggression, "Go to Nook's Homes to get a new house. One will be built but until then, we can get you a temporary residence at..."

"I'll take him to my house, I just picked up a new bed at Re-Tail a few weeks ago and I was meaning to replace my old bed with it but... He can sleep on the new bed I just got!"

"Okay! That gets some work off my back. Is there anything else you need while you're here?"

"No thanks! Alright Dell, why don't we go back to my house? It's late, we can go to Nook's tomorrow..."