“Aha, there you finally are, hm?” Nook exclaimed as I pulled open the rotting door of his evil lair. Inside was also rotting, in both appearance and smell. There was an odd machine to my left, and two tables set out in front of me. The far left ran against the wall vertically, holding a bag of seeds, medicine, packs of paper and rolled-up carpet and wallpaper. The horizontal table right in front of me held a fishing rod, watering can and net. At the back of the store was some type of chair and a chest of drawers.

The final feature that caught my attention was a huge spider-web in the far left corner of the roof. Yuck.

“U-Um, hi Nook.” I stuttered, smiling shakily, looking at the evil-looking raccoon. He seemed to not notice my nerves, and shoved a top into my hands. I looked at it, seeing it was a light green and had the furniture leaf imprinted on it.

“Well, put it on!” Nook exclaimed, watching impatiently. I looked to the top, seeing its sleeves were shorter than my current. Was this raccoon expecting me to take my top off in front of him? I’m not exactly confident in my appearance, and no way was I going topless in front of this weirdo. Nook rolled his eyes, before saying, “Someone explained this to you, yes? Just imagine yourself wearing it.”

I suddenly recalled Pelly telling me about this, so I glanced at the top, imagining it on my body. I suddenly did an automatic back flip, and I stumbled, falling face-first on the floor. It smelt... mouldy. I climbed to my feet, seeing I was now wearing the uniform, and Nook was chuckling.

“Never mind, never mind, always happens, hm?” Nook reassured me, and I nodded, before he suddenly frowned, “Oh of course! How stupid of me! You’ve only just arrived, yes? Well, go and meet some new people. There are twenty villagers, you’ve already met Bob, so go and introduce yourself to everyone. Oh, and the mayor! He should be in the town hall, so I suggest you go to him first, yes?”

I nodded, slightly excited but nervous at the same time of meeting all the villagers. But Bob seemed nice enough, so maybe it wouldn’t be too bad. I waved goodbye to Nook and left the shop, closing the door behind me to see that once more, snow was falling from the sky. Heavier than before. Maybe there would be a white Christmas? Hadn’t had that before.

So... The mayor first? Hm, back to the town hall, it seems.

Eventually, I entered the warmth of the town hall once more, to find myself staring at an old... wrinkled... ugly... tortoise? Or turtle? I forgot which was which. Anyway, this turtle had a top hat and a cane, and looked very... Mad?

“You! Who do you respect the most? The shopkeeper, mayor, mail clerk or police officer?” He jabbed me in the stomach with his cane, winding me slightly. I blinked repeatedly, staring at the turtle, before glancing at Pelly behind him who was waving and mouthing ‘MAYOR!’

“U-Uh... The... Mayor?” I stuttered, and the turtle suddenly smiled and shook my hand repeatedly.

“I like you!” The turtle announced, before clearing his throat rather disgustingly, “Allow me to introduce myself. I am Tortimer, the mayor of Honevray. I am the most important animal in this town, and I take control of all the events. So yeah, come find me at each event for special rewards. What’s your name, young grasshopper?”

I blinked repeatedly, before stuttering, “O-Oh, Louis... Sir. I just moved in, Nook sent me out to meet you and the villagers.”

“Aha! Good on you for doing to the service already.” Tortimer smiled again, whacking my arm rather hard with his cane, “You have a bright future ahead of you, boy.”

“T-Thank you.” I stuttered once more, before saying, “I should get going, I need to get back to Nook as soon as possible, and it’s, uh, getting quite late.” After Tortimer returned the goodbye, I hurried out of the town hall and took out my map. Ignoring the flakes of snow that slightly obscured my vision, I looked at where I was closest to.

C2, Cube and Mitzi.