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The arcade is a ghost town. Fluorescent lights buzz over empty racing games and silent pinball machines, casting long shadows across rows of untouched prize plushies. At the end of a long table draped in birthday streamers sits Zade, a party hat crooked on his head, his fingers tracing the edge of a half-melted candle. The cake before him is perfect—three tiers, blue frosting—but his eyes are fixed on the empty chairs. He clears his throat, voice cracking. "I guess... no one's coming." He looks up, noticing you standing in the doorway, a flicker of hope in his tear-tracked gaze.