lot of laughs, a lot of high fives when my friend offered it to me. "Try it out", he

said. All the cool kids had experienced it before and they insisted that I

should too I had no idea what I was getting into in

case you're unfamiliar with Animal Crossing new leaf it's an adorable game

where you play pretend mayor in a town filled with a wide variety of villagers

I had never played an animal crossing game before but I've always been a huge

sucker for simulation games so I gave it a try after a train ride with a nosy cat

a brief by a helpful dog go, and a crippling debt bestowed upon me by a

trifling-a** tanuki else free to explore there was so much to see and do

I could go fishing at the river collect shells by the beach mine first secret

treasures and shop for collectible items this world was my oyster

as I fished by the river under the moonlight I was approached by an

unfamiliar ball of glue I turned as he greeted me three words

all it took was three words and there was no turning back

he said to me for some addiction takes the form of a purple dragon for me it

was a blue squirrel by the name of filbert's

I know most Animal Crossing fans wouldn't refer to filbert as their

favorite villager but he was the first villager I got attached to he's hard not

to like he was always so chill and appreciative of our interactions it may

be he wants to hang out with him all the time we did everything together we would

explore the village take part in local events visit each other at home and even

write each other letters he would tell me about his dreams almost all of them

would involve copious amounts of food yes I made sure to bring him snacks as

much as possible his relaxed demeanor made me feel okay about the world

he made me feel like everything was gonna be all right

I played a new leaf every single day just so I could play with him he was my

best friend in the game and my favorite part of it all overtime I paid off my

debt to Tom Nook bill all the public works products I wanted to and fully

furnished my home my life in Animal Crossing was perfect but on one fateful

day he right up to me I'm thinking of moving he said what do you think about

that I told him that I didn't want him to move that he should stay my village

despite my objections he told me he felt like our friendship was so strong it

would last no matter the distance and informed me that he would be leaving in

a week

he wrote me one last letter thanking me for everything

the only pieces of his memory that I had left was a photo of him and an empty

plot of land where his house once stood just like that he was gone suddenly the

house that I spent tireless efforts expanding felt so big so empty and no

longer felt like a home all the fancy furniture the tournament trophies they

didn't matter to me anymore well as the point of being mayor without my favorite

villager with a cured addiction and a broken heart I stopped saying newly for

good hey everyone thank you so much for watching my first ever youtube video I

hope you enjoyed it as much as I enjoyed making it

huge shout out to all my friends who provided me with feedback and support

throughout the making of this video and this channel

I truly appreciate you guys now that we have all this time at home I'll be

making more videos featuring my roommates and our pets and I can't wait

to show you guys in the meantime stay safe and healthy and I'll see you next

time

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