MICAH locks a door. It is covered in goodbye notes and letters of gratitude. Below a giant ARCADE sign, a commercial lease notice is plastered to the window next to the farewell notes. MICAH walks away towards someone. MICAH: Hope you got me one of those, too, Paz. A young woman in a bucket hat, dress, and slouchy cardigan holds a bubble tea drink and offers another to MICAH. PAZ: Well, turns out the boba place next door only sells in twos for some reason? So here's an Iron Buddha. PAZ: You gonna be okay, Micah? MICAH, wiping away tears: Yeah, I'm fine. Don't worry about this dinosaur. PAZ, patting MICAH on the back as they descend the plaza steps: C'mon, we might catch the end of top 8 if we get back in time! MICAH, slurping his boba: Oh right, Vijay...MICAH locks a door. It is covered in goodbye notes and letters of gratitude. Below a giant ARCADE sign, a commercial lease notice is plastered to the window next to the farewell notes. MICAH walks away towards someone. MICAH: Hope you got me one of those, too, Paz. A young woman in a bucket hat, dress, and slouchy cardigan holds a bubble tea drink and offers another to MICAH. PAZ: Well, turns out the boba place next door only sells in twos for some reason? So here's an Iron Buddha. PAZ: You gonna be okay, Micah? MICAH, wiping away tears: Yeah, I'm fine. Don't worry about this dinosaur. PAZ, patting MICAH on the back as they descend the plaza steps: C'mon, we might catch the end of top 8 if we get back in time! MICAH, slurping his boba: Oh right, Vijay...MICAH locks a door. It is covered in goodbye notes and letters of gratitude. Below a giant ARCADE sign, a commercial lease notice is plastered to the window next to the farewell notes. MICAH walks away towards someone. MICAH: Hope you got me one of those, too, Paz. A young woman in a bucket hat, dress, and slouchy cardigan holds a bubble tea drink and offers another to MICAH. PAZ: Well, turns out the boba place next door only sells in twos for some reason? So here's an Iron Buddha. PAZ: You gonna be okay, Micah? MICAH, wiping away tears: Yeah, I'm fine. Don't worry about this dinosaur. PAZ, patting MICAH on the back as they descend the plaza steps: C'mon, we might catch the end of top 8 if we get back in time! MICAH, slurping his boba: Oh right, Vijay...MICAH locks a door. It is covered in goodbye notes and letters of gratitude. Below a giant ARCADE sign, a commercial lease notice is plastered to the window next to the farewell notes. MICAH walks away towards someone. MICAH: Hope you got me one of those, too, Paz. A young woman in a bucket hat, dress, and slouchy cardigan holds a bubble tea drink and offers another to MICAH. PAZ: Well, turns out the boba place next door only sells in twos for some reason? So here's an Iron Buddha. PAZ: You gonna be okay, Micah? MICAH, wiping away tears: Yeah, I'm fine. Don't worry about this dinosaur. PAZ, patting MICAH on the back as they descend the plaza steps: C'mon, we might catch the end of top 8 if we get back in time! MICAH, slurping his boba: Oh right, Vijay...MICAH locks a door. It is covered in goodbye notes and letters of gratitude. Below a giant ARCADE sign, a commercial lease notice is plastered to the window next to the farewell notes. MICAH walks away towards someone. MICAH: Hope you got me one of those, too, Paz. A young woman in a bucket hat, dress, and slouchy cardigan holds a bubble tea drink and offers another to MICAH. PAZ: Well, turns out the boba place next door only sells in twos for some reason? So here's an Iron Buddha. PAZ: You gonna be okay, Micah? MICAH, wiping away tears: Yeah, I'm fine. Don't worry about this dinosaur. PAZ, patting MICAH on the back as they descend the plaza steps: C'mon, we might catch the end of top 8 if we get back in time! MICAH, slurping his boba: Oh right, Vijay...

MICAH locks a door. It is covered in goodbye notes and letters of gratitude. Below a giant ARCADE sign, a commercial lease notice is plastered to the window next to the farewell notes. MICAH walks away towards someone. MICAH: Hope you got me one of those, too, Paz. A young woman in a bucket hat, dress, and slouchy cardigan holds a bubble tea drink and offers another to MICAH. PAZ: Well, turns out the boba place next door only sells in twos for some reason? So here's an Iron Buddha. PAZ: You gonna be okay, Micah? MICAH, wiping away tears: Yeah, I'm fine. Don't worry about this dinosaur. PAZ, patting MICAH on the back as they descend the plaza steps: C'mon, we might catch the end of top 8 if we get back in time! MICAH, slurping his boba: Oh right, Vijay...

2: Goodbye
Posted on February 6, 2026 by 高

2 thoughts on “2: Goodbye”

  1. beau q.

    i remember running trips from SD to AI, getting sweets and boba next door, asking ken about all the different button manufacturers. shout outs getting dogwalked by honda players lmao

    damn i miss that scene :///

  2. sasa

    maaaan. i love arcades like round 1 but there was nothing quite like a local arcade to bring people together. some of my core memories were from bonding with people just button mashing because i was a baby.

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