As a date, Jake decided to bring Jane to the arcade, having heard good things about it around town when he did go out. The man thought a little bit of fun in their lives, would do both of them some good and had talked to his girlfriend about going. She agreed, so there they were. At Insert Coin Arcade.

Already from walking inside, Jake loved the atmosphere of the place. It screamed fun in a variety of ways. The two of them went up to the counter and exchanged money for tokens, but before he started in on some of the other games, Jake noticed a plush crane machine. He then got it into his mind to win something cute and cuddly for Jane and immediately went over to it, placing in a token and maneuvering the crane to a squiddle plush. Down, grab and.... shoot! It missed grabbing the plush and moved back over to the starting position.

Jake frowned and inserted another coin, only for the same thing to happen again. And again. And again. When Jane walked away, Jake barely noticed, being so focused on the machine and getting more and more frustrated with it as he wasted his tokens. How in the dickens did anyone win anything from these!!!

"RAUGH!" he shouted in frustration, attracting the attention of some of the other arcade go-ers.