Operation: Runaway
6:00 a.m. - September 19, 2003 - Valua, Town Map
"What in the world does Acre A-2 mean anyways!!!" Alex thought to himself while looking around. He saw some kind of map right by the train station. Alex then walked over to the map, and looked at it.
"Wow! Valua is bigger than I thought in would be!" Alex exclaimed. Alex examined the map more, and saw numbers by the "acres" of the town.
"Oh! So that's what an acre is." Alex said. Alex started to pinpoint the shop on the map, which he found very quickly. He memorized where the shop was, and started walking west. He soon found the shop, which wasn't so big.
"Oh wow...I guess he's too poor to have a better shop, after he had those houses..." Alex thought, disappointed. He went inside, and found Tom Nook waiting at the front door of the shop.
"It's about time! What took you so long?" Tom Nook asked annoyed.
"Personal things...or....whatever." Alex said.
"Don't be late next time!" Nook scolded Alex angrily. "Now then...let's see...oh yes! Change into this outfit. It shows you are working for me." Nook explained while he handed the outfit to Alex. Alex took the shirt, and started to walk out the door, when Nook stopped him.
"What are you doing? Hurry up and change!" Nook said impatiently while tapping his foot on the floor. Alex just stood there, not knowing what to do.
*sigh* "Let me show you how it is done!" Nook cried while snatching the shirt from Alex. "Just put it over your original shirt!" Alex's old shirt appeared in his hands while the he was wearing the work uniform.
"Now then, on to business." Nook said relieved. "I want you to plant these flowers and trees around my shop. Make it look nice, yes." Nook explained while he handed Alex a ton of flower bags and a few saplings. Alex then walked out the door, still holding all the plants in his arms. Alex tried to put some in his pocket, but one of the flower bags fell off the pile and split open. The flower seeds were all over the ground.
"Aw darn it!" Alex cried while putting the rest of the plants into his pockets. "Now I've gone and done it!" Alex looked down at the ground, when suddenly, flowers sprouted from the ground!
"Huh...what? The flowers grew? Cool!" Alex said surprised at what just happened. "This town is more interesting than I thought it would be!" Alex cried as he ran to another acre. Alex planted more flower bags, and planted one sapling. Alex then ran back to the shop, and dumped the rest of the plants onto the ground around the shop. Alex then went back inside to see what else Nook had in store for him.
"Well, well now, did you make the place a little more lively?" Nook asked with a questioning look on his face. "Gave the shop a little more character, yes? Well now, that deed was say...I don't know. It was too simple. You aren't getting any bells." Nook said as he crossed his arms, tapping his foot. "I would have expected more of you, but you're going to have to work harder than that to earn some money."
Alex fumed openly, wanting to kill the overgrown squirrel, but he tried to hold back my anger as he yelled at him. "What do you mean I'm not working hard enough?! How can I work harder planting flowers and trees?!" Alex screamed loudly, as some other animals living in houses near the shop poking their heads out their windows to see what the noise was. Nook just stayed calm, trying to calm Alex down.
"Now, now, watch that temper of yours. I only meant that you should work faster. That way, you don't have to get mad at me for nothing, and we can be all fine and dandy." Nook said to me as Alex tried to calm himself down, breathing slowly, kicking the walls to try and calm his nerves, but he only made himself even angrier as he hurt my foot on the rock-hard wooden wall. "Now are you ready for your next task?" Nook asked me while Alex was still fuming a bit, turning around to face Nook, a little frustrated from the squirrel.
"What do you think?" Alex snapped back, Nook stepping back from me a bit with caution. Nook wiped a bead of sweat from his brow, wiping his hand on his apron. "I just need you to get acquainted with the townsfolk. It is important for your tasks." Nook said slowly, trying not to get Alex fired up again. Boy, he thought wrong.
"Do you think I'm dumb? You don't need to talk slowly to me like that!" Alex shot back, annoyed by Nook's remark, stomping out of the store, forgetting to ask for a map. Nook watched me go, shaking his head. "Gosh, kids these days. I'm just trying to show some hospitality, and here he goes, yelling at me. Sheesh." Nook muttered, turning around, and tending to other shop needs while Alex began to realize that he needed that map. He cursed at himself for not asking for a map, so he wandered aimlessly somewhere in Acre B-3 and B-4, until a bird came by and chuckled a bit, seeing Alex walked around, still, but silently fuming.
"Hello there! You must be that new person in town....Alex right caw?" The bird said to Alex (Aw never mind....I'll be in Alex's point of view instead...) as I looked at him, putting a fake smile on my face as I walked up to him. "Yeah, I just got here. Nothing much for me here yet..." I replied, as the bird noticed a slight tone of depression in my voice, chuckling a bit more.
"Well, it happens to lots of people who move here for the first time caw. It takes time to get used to it. Ah! I haven't introduced myself! I'm Horum. It's nice to meet you caw!" Horum said, secretly showing off his "prized" #1 shirt by noticeably sticking out his chest. "And I can see that you're working for that overpricing-dirt bag we all call Tom Nook caw." Horum said as he pointed to my work uniform that I was wearing, making me feel a bit embarrassed.
"I didn't have a place to live, so I took Nook's offer to work for him part- time in his shop. What a mistake huh?" I said while looking at the ground in embarrassment, Horum shaking his head. "Don't worry about it caw, I had to work for him too, because when I came to Valu, I didn't have a place to live either caw." Horum said, trying to make me feel better as I noticed he kept saying "caw".
"How come you keep saying "caw"?" I asked Horum as he just gave a shrug. "Well, I'm not sure myself caw. Before I moved here, I wasn't saying it caw, but when I moved here, for some strange reason caw, I continuously said caw over and over in my sentences caw." Horum replied, as I had one more question to ask him.
"I need a map. Could you show me where one is?" I questioned the bird as he smiled and handed me a roll of some dusty paper. "This is a spare map I hadn't used ever since I received it from Nook. You can have it, since I have no need for it now caw." Horum said as I thanked him gratefully, beginning to walk off towards the next acre. I waved a good-bye as Horum waved back, yelling, "Come visit me in Acre B-5 sometime caw!"
As Horum disappeared behind a clump of trees as I walked on, I opened the dusty parchment of paper, and studied it as I blew some dust off of the map. "Let's see now...only four houses in this whole town?! This is going to be much more easier than I thought." I said with a sigh of relief as I walked through the next section of acres, saying my greetings, and sharing my experiences with the lot of them. I opened my map again, checking off the houses I went to.
"Okay...I met Horus....Cherry......Ace.....Aurora......and finally Dizzy! I guess I'm done!" I said cheerfully, finally rid of my anger, as I started walking through the town back to the shop. I was passing by the Wishing Well when I noticed an old looking turtle standing around. I thought he was the mayor guy I was hearing about, so went to ask him.
"Um, by any chance, are you Valua's mayor?" I asked the turtle as he turned around, studying me a bit, leaning on an old looking cane.
"Huh? Oh! Hi there young feller. I am Valua's mayor, Mortimer." Mortimer said in a creaky voice, as I gritted my teeth listening to him.
"Well, Mortimer," I started, "I just traveled over here to say hi." I stated simply as Mortimer just stared into space as I waved my hand frantically in front of his face. I just decided to leave him alone, so used the map to find my way towards the shop once more. I really didn't want to go back, but I knew I had to. I sighed as the Nook's shop was in sight, and I wanted to kick myself as I entered the shop, seeing Nook, impatient with me as usual.
"Well, it's about time you came back! Here I am, waiting with some new tasks, and there YOU are, fooling around in the town. I don't think you care about a house." Nook stated, making me fume openly.
"Well, here I am, struggling to find my way around the town, and here YOU are, waiting on your fat rump for me to do something enjoyable for a change. I didn't even have a map!" I yelled out, making Nook shake his head.
"You should have been smart enough to ask." Nook said irritably, as he reached into his pocket, and handed me a leaf. I just stared at it.
"What is it?" I asked, as Nook rolled his eyes, flipping the leaf over. He pointed to two small white and red buttons.
"You see these? Push the white one to eject the item. Then push the red one to turn it back!" Nook swiftly explained, pushing me out the door of the shop. I kicked his shin, and ran away quickly into the next acre. That made me feel a whole lot better. There was just one problem. Nook didn't tell me what to do. I wanted to kick myself, but I flipped the leaf over, finding a note on it.
To: Ace From: Tom Nook
Here is the green chair you ordered earlier.
"Ah, this is for Ace!" I exclaimed in relief, putting the leaf away as I took out my map. It was interesting, since my pockets were so big. Since I memorized where Ace lived (Which I usually don't), It was easy to deliver the package on time.
"Hey thanks!" Ace exclaimed when I handed the "package" over to him. I smiled. At least some animals were nice. Unlike Tom Nook of course, every single animal was nice to me. Nobody was ever nice to me that way. How I despised hi-
"Hey! Are you gonna answer my question?" Ace asked me, having a look of irritation on his face, finally snapping me back into reality. "Oh! Erm....sorry about that. I was...just thinking..." I replied, opening my mouth again to continue my excuse. "...thinking about something...you're nice!" I came up with, blurting it out almost instantly. Ace flushed with delight, smiling cheerfully. "You're not too bad yourself Alex!"
I walked away, wiping my brow with relief as I waved back at Ace, as he grew smaller and smaller in the distance. I just didn't want to listen to that overgrown, fat squirrel any longer. I just had to do something about it. But what...
6:00 a.m. - September 19, 2003 - Valua, Town Map
"What in the world does Acre A-2 mean anyways!!!" Alex thought to himself while looking around. He saw some kind of map right by the train station. Alex then walked over to the map, and looked at it.
"Wow! Valua is bigger than I thought in would be!" Alex exclaimed. Alex examined the map more, and saw numbers by the "acres" of the town.
"Oh! So that's what an acre is." Alex said. Alex started to pinpoint the shop on the map, which he found very quickly. He memorized where the shop was, and started walking west. He soon found the shop, which wasn't so big.
"Oh wow...I guess he's too poor to have a better shop, after he had those houses..." Alex thought, disappointed. He went inside, and found Tom Nook waiting at the front door of the shop.
"It's about time! What took you so long?" Tom Nook asked annoyed.
"Personal things...or....whatever." Alex said.
"Don't be late next time!" Nook scolded Alex angrily. "Now then...let's see...oh yes! Change into this outfit. It shows you are working for me." Nook explained while he handed the outfit to Alex. Alex took the shirt, and started to walk out the door, when Nook stopped him.
"What are you doing? Hurry up and change!" Nook said impatiently while tapping his foot on the floor. Alex just stood there, not knowing what to do.
*sigh* "Let me show you how it is done!" Nook cried while snatching the shirt from Alex. "Just put it over your original shirt!" Alex's old shirt appeared in his hands while the he was wearing the work uniform.
"Now then, on to business." Nook said relieved. "I want you to plant these flowers and trees around my shop. Make it look nice, yes." Nook explained while he handed Alex a ton of flower bags and a few saplings. Alex then walked out the door, still holding all the plants in his arms. Alex tried to put some in his pocket, but one of the flower bags fell off the pile and split open. The flower seeds were all over the ground.
"Aw darn it!" Alex cried while putting the rest of the plants into his pockets. "Now I've gone and done it!" Alex looked down at the ground, when suddenly, flowers sprouted from the ground!
"Huh...what? The flowers grew? Cool!" Alex said surprised at what just happened. "This town is more interesting than I thought it would be!" Alex cried as he ran to another acre. Alex planted more flower bags, and planted one sapling. Alex then ran back to the shop, and dumped the rest of the plants onto the ground around the shop. Alex then went back inside to see what else Nook had in store for him.
"Well, well now, did you make the place a little more lively?" Nook asked with a questioning look on his face. "Gave the shop a little more character, yes? Well now, that deed was say...I don't know. It was too simple. You aren't getting any bells." Nook said as he crossed his arms, tapping his foot. "I would have expected more of you, but you're going to have to work harder than that to earn some money."
Alex fumed openly, wanting to kill the overgrown squirrel, but he tried to hold back my anger as he yelled at him. "What do you mean I'm not working hard enough?! How can I work harder planting flowers and trees?!" Alex screamed loudly, as some other animals living in houses near the shop poking their heads out their windows to see what the noise was. Nook just stayed calm, trying to calm Alex down.
"Now, now, watch that temper of yours. I only meant that you should work faster. That way, you don't have to get mad at me for nothing, and we can be all fine and dandy." Nook said to me as Alex tried to calm himself down, breathing slowly, kicking the walls to try and calm his nerves, but he only made himself even angrier as he hurt my foot on the rock-hard wooden wall. "Now are you ready for your next task?" Nook asked me while Alex was still fuming a bit, turning around to face Nook, a little frustrated from the squirrel.
"What do you think?" Alex snapped back, Nook stepping back from me a bit with caution. Nook wiped a bead of sweat from his brow, wiping his hand on his apron. "I just need you to get acquainted with the townsfolk. It is important for your tasks." Nook said slowly, trying not to get Alex fired up again. Boy, he thought wrong.
"Do you think I'm dumb? You don't need to talk slowly to me like that!" Alex shot back, annoyed by Nook's remark, stomping out of the store, forgetting to ask for a map. Nook watched me go, shaking his head. "Gosh, kids these days. I'm just trying to show some hospitality, and here he goes, yelling at me. Sheesh." Nook muttered, turning around, and tending to other shop needs while Alex began to realize that he needed that map. He cursed at himself for not asking for a map, so he wandered aimlessly somewhere in Acre B-3 and B-4, until a bird came by and chuckled a bit, seeing Alex walked around, still, but silently fuming.
"Hello there! You must be that new person in town....Alex right caw?" The bird said to Alex (Aw never mind....I'll be in Alex's point of view instead...) as I looked at him, putting a fake smile on my face as I walked up to him. "Yeah, I just got here. Nothing much for me here yet..." I replied, as the bird noticed a slight tone of depression in my voice, chuckling a bit more.
"Well, it happens to lots of people who move here for the first time caw. It takes time to get used to it. Ah! I haven't introduced myself! I'm Horum. It's nice to meet you caw!" Horum said, secretly showing off his "prized" #1 shirt by noticeably sticking out his chest. "And I can see that you're working for that overpricing-dirt bag we all call Tom Nook caw." Horum said as he pointed to my work uniform that I was wearing, making me feel a bit embarrassed.
"I didn't have a place to live, so I took Nook's offer to work for him part- time in his shop. What a mistake huh?" I said while looking at the ground in embarrassment, Horum shaking his head. "Don't worry about it caw, I had to work for him too, because when I came to Valu, I didn't have a place to live either caw." Horum said, trying to make me feel better as I noticed he kept saying "caw".
"How come you keep saying "caw"?" I asked Horum as he just gave a shrug. "Well, I'm not sure myself caw. Before I moved here, I wasn't saying it caw, but when I moved here, for some strange reason caw, I continuously said caw over and over in my sentences caw." Horum replied, as I had one more question to ask him.
"I need a map. Could you show me where one is?" I questioned the bird as he smiled and handed me a roll of some dusty paper. "This is a spare map I hadn't used ever since I received it from Nook. You can have it, since I have no need for it now caw." Horum said as I thanked him gratefully, beginning to walk off towards the next acre. I waved a good-bye as Horum waved back, yelling, "Come visit me in Acre B-5 sometime caw!"
As Horum disappeared behind a clump of trees as I walked on, I opened the dusty parchment of paper, and studied it as I blew some dust off of the map. "Let's see now...only four houses in this whole town?! This is going to be much more easier than I thought." I said with a sigh of relief as I walked through the next section of acres, saying my greetings, and sharing my experiences with the lot of them. I opened my map again, checking off the houses I went to.
"Okay...I met Horus....Cherry......Ace.....Aurora......and finally Dizzy! I guess I'm done!" I said cheerfully, finally rid of my anger, as I started walking through the town back to the shop. I was passing by the Wishing Well when I noticed an old looking turtle standing around. I thought he was the mayor guy I was hearing about, so went to ask him.
"Um, by any chance, are you Valua's mayor?" I asked the turtle as he turned around, studying me a bit, leaning on an old looking cane.
"Huh? Oh! Hi there young feller. I am Valua's mayor, Mortimer." Mortimer said in a creaky voice, as I gritted my teeth listening to him.
"Well, Mortimer," I started, "I just traveled over here to say hi." I stated simply as Mortimer just stared into space as I waved my hand frantically in front of his face. I just decided to leave him alone, so used the map to find my way towards the shop once more. I really didn't want to go back, but I knew I had to. I sighed as the Nook's shop was in sight, and I wanted to kick myself as I entered the shop, seeing Nook, impatient with me as usual.
"Well, it's about time you came back! Here I am, waiting with some new tasks, and there YOU are, fooling around in the town. I don't think you care about a house." Nook stated, making me fume openly.
"Well, here I am, struggling to find my way around the town, and here YOU are, waiting on your fat rump for me to do something enjoyable for a change. I didn't even have a map!" I yelled out, making Nook shake his head.
"You should have been smart enough to ask." Nook said irritably, as he reached into his pocket, and handed me a leaf. I just stared at it.
"What is it?" I asked, as Nook rolled his eyes, flipping the leaf over. He pointed to two small white and red buttons.
"You see these? Push the white one to eject the item. Then push the red one to turn it back!" Nook swiftly explained, pushing me out the door of the shop. I kicked his shin, and ran away quickly into the next acre. That made me feel a whole lot better. There was just one problem. Nook didn't tell me what to do. I wanted to kick myself, but I flipped the leaf over, finding a note on it.
To: Ace From: Tom Nook
Here is the green chair you ordered earlier.
"Ah, this is for Ace!" I exclaimed in relief, putting the leaf away as I took out my map. It was interesting, since my pockets were so big. Since I memorized where Ace lived (Which I usually don't), It was easy to deliver the package on time.
"Hey thanks!" Ace exclaimed when I handed the "package" over to him. I smiled. At least some animals were nice. Unlike Tom Nook of course, every single animal was nice to me. Nobody was ever nice to me that way. How I despised hi-
"Hey! Are you gonna answer my question?" Ace asked me, having a look of irritation on his face, finally snapping me back into reality. "Oh! Erm....sorry about that. I was...just thinking..." I replied, opening my mouth again to continue my excuse. "...thinking about something...you're nice!" I came up with, blurting it out almost instantly. Ace flushed with delight, smiling cheerfully. "You're not too bad yourself Alex!"
I walked away, wiping my brow with relief as I waved back at Ace, as he grew smaller and smaller in the distance. I just didn't want to listen to that overgrown, fat squirrel any longer. I just had to do something about it. But what...