Ty came out into the world and found a surprising slap to the ass which made Ty cry. A few moments latter you were in the arms of your mother and drinking some of the nourishing milk from her bosom. The doctor asked "Congratulations on your healthy girl, mind if I asked what your going to name her?"
Amy said "Well Tom looks like i'm giving her her name... Now then how about we call her Alice?"
Tom said "I would've preferred Joe, but I guess Alice is nice."
Amy gave a small glare and said "She's our DAUGHTER and we're going to love her even if you would've rather had a boy."
A few years latter you woke up happy and excited. You ran downstairs happy that your birthday was on a weekend, your 12th birthday. Your body had started developing and you were excited to be on your way to adult hood. You had a great night sleep and walked down at 10 in the morning. Your mother Amy who saw you walking down stairs said "Good morning dear, Happy birthday you excited for that little party at 1?"
You nodded and said "Morning too mom, and yeah I can't wait. Courtney's so nice to host the party at that arcade."
Your dad walked by hearing the discussion and said "Your lucky having your friend is the daughter of the arcade owner. It's amazing that the arcade managed to survive. Maybe i'll poke my head in and play some of those japanese rhythm games." He had that smirk on his face that you've never liked. Seeing the look on your face he chuckled and said "Don't worry you have fun with your friends, i'll keep myself entertained."
Your mother gave you a little kiss and said "Get yourself ready for that overnight party, and remember to stay safe."
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A few hours latter your dad dropped you off by the arcade and then tossed you a wrapped gift about the size of your fist and said "Happy birthday, I just ask you open the gift when you open your other gifts ok?"
You smiled and nodded then waved good-bye as you went inside the arcade where a whole bunch of machines were whirring. The place was mostly dark, but contained so many games. A few physical games of chance where you put in a token and maybe get some more tokens out of the old token could displace new tokens and whatnot... Then there were the game cabinets which there were tons of. A bunch of retro games, a few more modern arcade cabinets, and a lot of japanese imports. It was amazing how many of the japanese games could be played considering no one around could really read or speak japanese.
You walked around and then saw Courtney your friend ran up and gave you a hug and said "Alice! There you are! How long have you been here?"
You responded "I just got here."
Courtney took the present from your hands and said "I'll go put this with the other of your gifts in the back. In the meantime..." She pulled out a small card and gave it to you and said "A free free play card for you. It'll last all day and night so go ahead and play to your hearts delight. That said at 6 you should come to the back, we're having a special dinner to show off something special."
"That's sounds interesting, Thank you for all of this."
"No problem Alice. just remember to tell everyone about what your gonna see... Papa's trying to use this to spread rumors and get more people to come here... Either way you get a good birthday so who cares?"
You chuckle with Courtney and then said "well i'll be off and play some of that table flipping game."
She smiled and said " just have a good time and i'll join you in a second."
After a few hours of playing games with Courtney and other classmates you all went into the back where Courtney's father was waiting with a few things under sheets. Courtney's father asked "Kids are you hungry?"
A lot of the boys around shouted "YES!!!"
Courtney's father pulled off the sheets showing what looked like a bunch of walking kitchen equipment and then said "This is something I invested. Often here in the arcade you get hungry and need to go out for food. here though I got some special food bots. They walk around the arcade and you can use a cash card to purchase food from them. They make things from Soda to Pizza and I wanted you guys to see how good the food is." He flipped the switch and the robots started up and started walking around a bit. After a little bit of skepticism some of the guys walked in front and managed to get some food from them, and the food was actually pretty good.
One of the boys had joked "I'd maybe go here for dinner."
After eating your fill on odd robot food you guys went and played a little game tournament. You didn't get very far, but it was entertaining to watch some of the matches... until some of the people just started abusing broken combos. After the end of a few tournaments it was night and you had opened your presents. A bunch of gift cards, some clothes, a game or two, and some alright miscellaneous gifts. You left your dad's present for last and when you opened it you found a small necklace and you recognized it. Supposedly this was the first gift your dad had gave your mother. You put it on as Courtney's dad came in with a fairly large cake.
The kind man said "Well our robots don't make cake so I just went and got you one." He took it out and plucked in 12 candles and lit them. You looked at the white frosting cake and then thought about a wish you would like to make. It was a little childish but you enjoyed wishing. After a momments thought you wished...