Chapter 2: "Piece of Cake"
March 20, 2020 (Sam)
Sam stepped out of his tent and took a fresh air, he got his Nook phone and APERENTLY the Nook Phone, airfare, accommodations, tax AND labor Tom Nook mentioned weren't included with the NIG-P (Nook Island Gateway Package) so he owes 49,800 bells…great, he could pay it in miles, but STILL.
He picked out some weeds and peaches and sold them, just the same thing that he did back when he moved to New Leaf, with some sticks he made a flimsy fishing rod and a net to fish and catch bugs.
He also made a hand-made axe... which broke after 1 use "yeah… this is going to wait a while" he wasn't great at crafting.
But the days went by in a flash, and he got better and better, he decorated the island, and more people were moving in too!
He hoped that Isabelle was having just as much luck as he was…
April 6, 2020 (Isabelle)
Isabelle woke up from under her bed, she sets up a small bed on her office in order to not spend time and get straight to work, and when she gets a little bit of free time, she reads romantic and drama novels, she got up and started working as usual, she keeps some bottles of milk and cereal in order to eat breakfast right then and there, however she was out of milk "Aww man…" she sighed and got up and dressed up in order to go outside.
It's been a while since Isabelle went outside 16 days to be exact, last time it was to announce her new place as the mayor to everyone in the village, she remembered that everyone was shocked and surprised at first, then they were sad…
"That's in the past… there's nothing I can do about it now. I need to focus on my work"
She went outside the Town Hall and…." W-What?!" there were weeds everywhere! "Jeez... does no one pick them?"
"Sam always used to pick them."
"Oh, hi Agent S" Isabelle noticed that she looked kind of down "Hey what's wrong?"
"Err nothing I just can't seem to find any crickets!" Agent S then asked "Hey can you do me a favor and get me some? not that I can't do it myself, but I'm pretty tired"
"Em.. I'm sorry, I'm kind of busy right now."
"Oh…that's okay. "Agent S then walked off.
"Crickets?! Why on earth would she want crickets? And I really don't have any bug hunting experience…Sam does though…" she thought.
"He's gone Isabelle, get over it already! "She shook her head and headed off to the Store to get some milk.
On her way she noticed that Ankha and Biskit was moving out… now that she thought about it, it's really unusual that 2 people were moving out.
"Am I doing something wrong?"
She shrugs it off and got a lot of milk, returned to the Town Hall and continued working.
"I mean what would I be doing wrong? Nothing's changed….It's just…Sam"
April 30,2020 (Isabelle)
Isabelle was just reading "Love on the desierto" when all of the sudden she got an email, she saw the title of it and she already knew what it was about, lots of stores in the Main Street were closing left and right, mainly because there were just 2 people on the town, Bam and Agent S, she didn't think much of it, maybe they just found a better place to live.
"if this keeps up we may need to…"
She didn't want to think about it but the town is just got awful since Sam left.
Then she got another e-mail, this time by Tom Nook saying Agent S was moving out.
She sighed and just hoped that more people move in soon…
"No, I'm not going to sit here and just watch her leave, I need to know why."
Isabelle needed to be told why everyone was moving, maybe like so she could do her job better.
She headed to Agent S's house and knocked on the door.
"Oh, hi Isabelle!"
"Hello Agent S, I have heard that you were moving right?"
"Oh yeah! I'm ready to explore New Horizons."
"…May I ask why?"
"…. Well…Listen I really don't want to be rude but…this place it's just not the same."
"How's that?"
"Well, there's weeds everywhere, the shops are closing, there's trash everywhere and no one is here to help us."
"…Is it because of the absence of Sam?"
"Yeah... he always helped us with what we needed, paid most of the public projects and even donated all the stuff that you see in the museum! He was a really nice guy, it's just isn't the same without him I tell ya"
"…I…wait he paid all of the public projects?"
"Yeah he was talking to me one day, ranting about how if he wanted the bridge done for tomorrow, he'll need to pay it himself, and the mad lad actually did!"
"…and what about the museum?"
"He collected bugs, fish, and even dinosaur bones! all that you see in the museum? All him!"
"…I see, well I… hope you have fun where ever you're going Agent S, thank you."
"See ya Isabelle!"
Isabelle just went to a nearby bench and just sat there for a moment, did he really do all of that? How could he get that many bells? We didn't even pay hi-
Oh.
oh.
oh.
We didn't pay him, meaning that he was doing all of this for free.
"My god, how?!" Isabelle couldn't imagine putting that much effort into something and not get something in return, and why didn't we pay him?
"I… forgot to set him up."
whoops
She couldn't believe it, he really did a lot more than she thought he did.
And now the town was going to be disbanded because of her.
Isabelle was going to lose her job, she was going to lose New Leaf, and she lost Sam.
She sat there looking down, she started crying,
"I suppose not everything is going well around here, hm?"
She looked up wiping her tears quickly and looked at Tom Nook looking at her
"I... yes, not everything is going great…"
"Don't worry, I'm here to help!"
"R-really?"
"Yes, this town is really going downhill right? So how about we sell it?"
"Excuse me?!" She looked kind of offended by that.
"Well… the Town doesn't seem to get better and if we sell the town now, you would be able to move out yourself"
"No... I can still do this!"
"Okay then, but if something bad does happen..." Nook then handed her a business card.
"You'll have somewhere you can still work, with reasonable hours"
"...Thanks Nook"
"No problem, just call us if you're interested" and then he left.
"…At least I now have a plan B"
To be continued…