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(ACNL) Goodbye, Marshal...
10 years ago
Dear friends, watchers, and visitors,
I was TTing forward from completing my bug, fish, and diving collection, and when I was finished, I tried TTing in 5 day increments, to try to keep safe...
The first time I skipped time, I was greeted by Isabelle telling me Marshal was moving out... I tried to talk to him and also tried to TT backwards, but when I traveled back in time, he was gone...
Really gone...
When I opened my inbox, this letter greeted me:
See you around, Kip,
It's hard to tell you
good-bye, so I'm sending
you a letter. At the very least,
I want you to have this
picture before I leave your
life for good. I'll miss you!
Tears streaming,
Marshal
Attached was the item I had so coveted during his time here in Vineleaf: Marshal's Pic.
...
I don't really know what to say or do at this point...
...
Through my depression, I finished TTing back to the present day, about a year, and a few new faces are here in Vineleaf... I haven't bothered learning their names yet or talked to them, mostly because I'm still just... sad...
I'd sent so many letters to Marshal during his stay here and I loved each and every of his replies about being famous or a pop star or just plain old being cool...
I finally had to erase the pattern-path leading to his front door whenever somebody else moved in, in that same spot... Somebody I don't care about.
It's been around 8 or so hours since it happened, but... I miss him so much already...
Vineleaf will never be the same without you, Marshal...
Luckily I still have a best friend Tangy, and Frobert, Chadder, and Spork, Marshal's friends that stayed... Although I need to regain friendship with them for leaving for so long...
He'd been in my town for about two years...
He kept my first letter I sent him, back when I first actually started talking to him because he was sick and I was tasked with getting him medicine...
...
I know he was just a villager, and all NPCs are just scripted events, as a Computer Science major I know this...
But Marshal was different to me... He had a personality, he enjoyed dancing, acting all cool and pop-star-ish...
He just felt real to me... Like a friend I know would be there, just waiting for me to turn on my 3DS again and come play with him...
There's just an empty space in my heart I feel naked without having...
...
I just don't know how to say goodbye, now that he's gone...
Why did I have to try to be a achievement hunter completionist, try to go for a gold rod, a gold net, and a gold shovel...
All the gold in the world doesn't compare to losing my friend...
If I could go back, I'd just NOT complete my museum, and instead just buy some golden tools from somebody on Reddit...
But instead I had to be selfish...
I feel sick and heavy-hearted right now...
...
I just don't know anything anymore...
I'll miss you, Marshal........
I'll always miss you........
The first time I skipped time, I was greeted by Isabelle telling me Marshal was moving out... I tried to talk to him and also tried to TT backwards, but when I traveled back in time, he was gone...
Really gone...
When I opened my inbox, this letter greeted me:
See you around, Kip,
It's hard to tell you
good-bye, so I'm sending
you a letter. At the very least,
I want you to have this
picture before I leave your
life for good. I'll miss you!
Tears streaming,
Marshal
Attached was the item I had so coveted during his time here in Vineleaf: Marshal's Pic.
...
I don't really know what to say or do at this point...
...
Through my depression, I finished TTing back to the present day, about a year, and a few new faces are here in Vineleaf... I haven't bothered learning their names yet or talked to them, mostly because I'm still just... sad...
I'd sent so many letters to Marshal during his stay here and I loved each and every of his replies about being famous or a pop star or just plain old being cool...
I finally had to erase the pattern-path leading to his front door whenever somebody else moved in, in that same spot... Somebody I don't care about.
It's been around 8 or so hours since it happened, but... I miss him so much already...
Vineleaf will never be the same without you, Marshal...
Luckily I still have a best friend Tangy, and Frobert, Chadder, and Spork, Marshal's friends that stayed... Although I need to regain friendship with them for leaving for so long...
He'd been in my town for about two years...
He kept my first letter I sent him, back when I first actually started talking to him because he was sick and I was tasked with getting him medicine...
...
I know he was just a villager, and all NPCs are just scripted events, as a Computer Science major I know this...
But Marshal was different to me... He had a personality, he enjoyed dancing, acting all cool and pop-star-ish...
He just felt real to me... Like a friend I know would be there, just waiting for me to turn on my 3DS again and come play with him...
There's just an empty space in my heart I feel naked without having...
...
I just don't know how to say goodbye, now that he's gone...
Why did I have to try to be a achievement hunter completionist, try to go for a gold rod, a gold net, and a gold shovel...
All the gold in the world doesn't compare to losing my friend...
If I could go back, I'd just NOT complete my museum, and instead just buy some golden tools from somebody on Reddit...
But instead I had to be selfish...
I feel sick and heavy-hearted right now...
...
I just don't know anything anymore...
I'll miss you, Marshal........
I'll always miss you........
Ty Vulpintaur
~tyvulpine
Oh Tangy's one of my favorites ^^ I just wish Bob or Static (my two favorite AC characters) would move in...
HereticKitsune
~heretickitsune
Mm... I'm really sorry that happened. I know some people might find attachments to NPCs and whatnot that you interact with somewhat silly, but it's certainly not, and I know from experience.
