The Nintendo Switch was one of those luxuries that never seemed to be in the budget. Then two things happened: Nintendo came out with the Switch Lite that was much cheaper than the original. The year 2020 beating us all back into our houses and yelling “STAY THERE”. Nothing saves money like not being able to go anywhere, including vacation, because everything is closed. However, through all this I have been blessed by The Almighty with having a job I could do literally anywhere there is a good internet connection. The end result, as days stretched into weeks, was a new switch lite and a copy of Animal Crossing to play on it.

I had great fun at first. Like others, I initially tried to create the coveted “five star island” (for those not acquainted with the game think five star hotel). Eventually I began to realize that the only way to do this was to turn the island into a virtual rubbish heap. Yes, for some reason, turning my island into a five star resort meant cluttering the island with so many objects it looked like the entire state had a garage sale out of the back of the same ’57 Chevy.

Today, however, I logged on to the morning announcements in the game to be told that the water was now deemed safe for swimming. Apparently some research had to be done into the water quality, or so the announcement claimed. This made me wonder if Nook, inc. (the corporation who arranged for the island colonization in the first place) had knowingly let us fish in these self same waters while they suspected they just might be toxic. Fortunately most of the fish went to the museum aquarium and not anyone’s dinner table.

So I donned the only swimsuit I could find (one that looked like it was a holdover from the ’90s…the 1890s…and went out snorkeling. I swam about looking for new additions to the museums aquarium. I had acquired many new marine creatures for the museum when suddenly it dawned on me…

THIS WAS THE SAME WATER I HAD CAUGHT A GREAT WHITE SHARK IN THE DAY BEFORE.

There are many residents of the island who say Tom Nook, the corporate representative of Nook, inc. is, in fact, evil incarnate. I realized Tom Nook at sent me out to swim with the fishes…the dead ones.

See you online,

The No Prisoners, No Mercy Team