I never thought it could happen to me. No way would I ever fall for a scam. I thought I was smarter than that.
Turns out I was wrong.
No matter how smart you think you are, you can still be manipulated.
Over the years I’ve become disenfranchised with life. Late-stage capitalism has eroded society into something that becomes more miserable day by day. Once you’re aware of it, it’s hard to ever truly be fulfilled in a life that has you scraping by in a societal system that will never value you properly.
That’s how he got to me.
His name is Tom Nook, he’s a raccoon. He approached me claiming he could help me find purpose and meaning. My first thought was, “Great, a talking raccoon, I’m gonna be rich.” But he had grander plans.
“Life here is meaningless, you’ll never be happy,” he said, slowly seducing me into his scheme.
“Come with me to island paradise. Help start a village with other talking animals. Live in bliss.”
I couldn’t resist. A chance at a new peaceful life, living amongst talking animals and far away from the evils of capitalism. It was everything I ever wanted. I believed in him so I went.
At first, it seemed so reasonable. When we got to the island it was just us. We had to gather, we had to build. He couldn’t do it because he’s a raccoon so all the work fell to me but I did it because I wasn’t going to make a raccoon cut down trees and build houses.
Then he hit me with the first fee. 98,000 bells.
This was supposed to be a paradise island that we ran. How could it cost me 98,000 bells to build my own house on my own island? But he made it so convincing and I wanted this life with these animals so I went along. Anything to not have to go back to proper society.
He brought his nephews to the island first. He said they would help make it quicker and easier to build the village. They had items but they charged bells for everything. I bought them because I had to build to attract villagers but that made it harder to afford buildings so I had to work more. Before I knew it I was working night and day doing everything myself trying to build this village into my dream paradise while Tom Nook just collected all my bells.
I’m over half a million bells in debt to Tom now and my village isn’t even done. I don’t think it will ever be done, I don’t think he’ll ever stop collecting but I can’t leave. I have nothing left, if I leave I’m destitute so I must remain here and hope that one day my village will be complete and I can stop paying.
Learn from me. Don’t make the same mistakes I did. No matter how smart you think you are, a talking raccoon can come along at any moment and manipulate your emotions, scamming you out of everything.
