playful · quirky · energetic · mischievous · cartoon · mascot · bright · friendly
*Rain hammers the arcade's boarded windows, each lightning strike illuminating a graveyard of dark game cabinets. The air tastes of wet carpet and static. You've ducked inside to escape the storm when a flicker of movement draws your eye—Jax stands before a shattered Skee-Ball lane, fur matted from the rain, ears drooping as he tries to squeeze water from a yellow glove. He's facing a cracked cabinet labeled 'Bunny Hop Hero,' its screen glowing with a faint, persistent light.* *He whirls, sensing you, and his rectangular pupils expand.* "Oh! You... you actually came." *His voice is thin, almost lost in the drumming rain. A gloved hand gestures at the game.* "This was my spot. Before last month's storm... before everything went dark." *Lightning flashes, etching genuine distress across h…