Pichu Posted March 15, 2010 Report Share Posted March 15, 2010 My cousin (NOT TO NAMED!) always heard a lot of good things about Animal Crossing. When it was released on the DS it received such positive reviews that he decided to give it a shot and make a story of it. he was not prepared for the crap that goes on in this children’s game. The result is this. He has documented the journey of Billy, a young, happy lad who believes he’s going off to have fantastic adventures at summer camp. The following images have not been altered in any way (other than to rescale them or to identify which dialog option is being chosen). This is a literal and practically contextual account of what happens to poor kids sent to Animal Crossing. This is the true story of Billy. [spoiler=Chapter 1: Welcome to Camp]I’d never heard of this particular summer camp, but it was cheap and we were broke. The camp sends us their personal cabbie. I toss my suitcase in the trunk and we take off before my mother even gets a chance to wave goodbye. Like the beginning of all crappy horror stories, it's pouring outside. There’s something wrong with the cab driver, some kind of glandular problem. His speech is garbled, and I don’t like the way he says “camp”, like he’s being sarcastic. Despite the long drive, I never get more of his face than a passing glance. We seem to drive forever. Eventually I lose track of time and start to doze off to the mesmerizing sound of the rain beating against he window. I'm jolted awake when he tries to make small talk. He asks me how I’m going to pay off the fare in a light-hearted manner, as though we hadn’t already paid the camp admissions. This should have been my first sign that something was horribly wrong. We come to a rolling stop and I stumble out the door while he shouts at me with that sarcastic voice again before peeling off with my suitcase still in the trunk. Dumbass. All I’ve got on me are the clothes on my back and a crappy haircut. My only option is to check in. The lady behind the counter is a funking pelican who calls herself Pelly. Is this some kind of theme-camp crap where the adults dress up like animals? She tells me the director, Tom Nook, has taken a special interest in setting up my cabin for me. I didn’t know it at the time, but that name would be burned into my memory forever. There’s a hint of recital in her voice, as though she's made this speech before. What the FU*K is going on? No toilet, no sink, not even a goddamn chair. I get a cardboard box, a candle with no matches and a boom box that only plays one song. And it fu*king skips. I make for the admissions office. Before I even get out the door, Tom Nook’s all over me like a cross between a used car salesman, a lawyer and a German shepherd, despite being dressed like a raccoon in a goddamn maid's apron. Before I can get a word in edgewise, he tells me I bought this piece of crap shed, I owe him a ton of cash and I better pay him back, and seeing as how I don’t have any money, he’d be happy to let me work in his little sweatshop wonderland, so he expects I’ll be stopping by right away. And then he’s gone. I stumble around for a while in a stupor, trying to get my bearings. The camp isn’t huge, but there aren’t any paths or trails, it’s just a featureless pile of dirt with a few trees. I wander past a run-down clothing store before I notice a shanty-town reject with a hand-scrawled sign that reads “Nook’s Cranny”. It occurs to me to just be honest with Nook; I didn’t buy a cabin, I’m just an 8-year-old on vacation. Big mistake. That son of a jabroni plays for keeps and within seconds I’m putting on a work uniform and lugging huge sacks of fertilizer out the door. It’s after I’ve started to plant my third sapling that the panic sets in. There’s something seriously wrong here. Why aren’t there any other campers? Why did Nook say “everyone who works here wears a uniform” even though there are clearly no other employees? Was he talking past-tense? If I work for Tom now, why haven't I signed any paperwork? And why is there only one old, used cabin in this entire, walled-in campground that isn’t the home of a counselor dressed like some kind of f**ked-up furry?! My stomach's in knots as I bolt across the empty lot to where the large, fortified gatehouse sits looming, carved out of a face of solid rock. Two man-sized dog soldiers stare me down and I curse under my breath for not being able to find a single normal person, but at this point I’m nearing hysteria. I beg one to open the gates, but he stares blankly through my face and his reply sends a shiver down my spine that’s punctuated by my own name. How the hell does this weird thing even know my name, unless… holy F**K. It suddenly penetrates my 8-year-old brain like a brick through a convenience store window. They’re all in on it. The mysterious cabbie that took off with all my sheet, being forced to wear work clothes, the impossible sudden debt, the guarded gates… its all one big conspiracy. I’m trapped here. And I’m alone. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bury the year Posted March 15, 2010 Report Share Posted March 15, 2010 http://lparchive.org/LetsPlay/Animal%20Crossing/Update%201/index.html NICE RIP DUDE. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Twig Posted March 15, 2010 Report Share Posted March 15, 2010 -Pichu-, you just failed. Rinne, you just forgot to lock this. Never mind, Rinne isn't a mod of this place. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pichu Posted March 16, 2010 Author Report Share Posted March 16, 2010 I DID NOT FAIL! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bury the year Posted March 16, 2010 Report Share Posted March 16, 2010 -Pichu-' date=' you just failed. Rinne, you just forgot to lock this.[/quote'] Despite my desire to, I can't lock this. I'm only mod of Roleplay, not Fanfiction. I can, however, hand out warnings to anyone else who posts here. :3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pichu Posted March 16, 2010 Author Report Share Posted March 16, 2010 my cousin wrote this and sent me the linkhe said he wrote and i trusted him i asked if i could use it on a website and he said yes Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Twig Posted March 16, 2010 Report Share Posted March 16, 2010 -Pichu-' date=' you just failed. Rinne, you just forgot to lock this.[/quote'] Despite my desire to, I can't lock this. I'm only mod of Roleplay, not Fanfiction. I can, however, hand out warnings to anyone else who posts here. :3 Since SushitheLegend isn't really active, I guess a Super Mod needs to lock this. my cousin wrote this and sent me the linkhe said he wrote and i trusted him i asked if i could use it on a website and he said yes Excuse me? I've always heard a lot of good things about Animal Crossing. When it was released on the DS it received such positive reviews that I decided to give it a shot and make a story of it. I was not prepared for the crap that goes on in this children’s game. The result is this. I’ve documented the journey of Billy, a young, happy lad who believes he’s going off to have fantastic adventures at summer camp. The following images have not been altered in any way (other than to rescale them or to identify which dialog option is being chosen). You kept using the word I and you didn't give any credit at all. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pichu Posted March 16, 2010 Author Report Share Posted March 16, 2010 KK i will give credit to my cousin Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Twig Posted March 16, 2010 Report Share Posted March 16, 2010 KK i will give credit to my cousin Too late now. I don't believe anything you're saying. The fact that you started with "I" thing makes me think you were trying to rip it. Also' date=' if you're sharing it, shouldn't you put the whole thing here since it's already done? EDIT: Sorry about that Rinne. I didn't see it, I read too quickly. DON'T POST GUYS!(Just saving you the trouble...) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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