*Please enjoy an embellished retelling of the first time I visited an adult arcade.Names and places have been changed, all characters are 18 years old or older. I never really know what to write in these introductions so please enjoy and comment any critics when you've done.
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My heart raced as I sat in my car gripping the steering wheel, my palms sweaty with anticipation and a little fear. Fear of being caught; of being found in this parking lot. I was out of the small rural town where I lived, but there was still a very good chance that someone else from the same small town would pass by here and see me, everyone went out of town to do their shopping as there were many more options than back home. I picked the parking spot furthest from the entrance drive, covered by the darkness of night and mostly blocked by a few trees along the roadside, a billboard, and the few other cars in the parking lot, but I still worried a wandering eye passing by on the street would see my car...or me crossing the parking lot to the entrance.
Everyone has heard of this place, had heard of the filthy things that happened here. Stories of "foul, perverted men" abounded, though no one would admit to having been inside to know first hand. It was always the thing of "I've heard...." this or that, but because of the seedy nature of the place it was automatically taken for the gospel truth.
I had been building up my courage to come here for months, hoping that the tales of the filthy and perverted were true. I've driven by with the intention to pull in numerous times, but always guiltily drove right past every time; but I am here now, car parked, fighting against the nerves racking my thoughts to start the car again and leave.
I took several deep breaths, trying to calm my squirming stomach. I wanted this. I wanted to be here, and I wanted to go inside. With every horny cell of my twenty-three year old body I wanted to be inside those walls to find out if what I've always heard was true.
I knew that the darkness would hide my entrance...mostly. There was one street light in the parking lot, opposite of where I was parked, and one light above the door. I knew hurrying in through the door would be my best bet of staying as hidden as possible so, with a lurch, I threw my car door open, nearly jumped out of the driver's seat and swinging the door closed as I headed immediately for the door.
I reached the door and swung it open to a chime sounding off ahead of me. I was in the entryway and there was another door in front of me. Beside the door was a sliding window with a skinny man sitting behind it. He looked to be about forty'ish, incredibly skinny with stringy, shoulder length hair. He stared at me as I stared at him. Finally he gave an exasperated sigh and waved me forward so I stepped up to the window where he asked me for my ID. Handing it over, I peered through the window into a storefront filled with racks of videos, sex toys, and lingerie. I felt a blush wash up my spine and color my face but I couldn't look away.
A mechanical buzzing caught my attention and the door in front of me made a clicking sound so I pushed through the door. The skinny attendant held my ID in his hand and waved me over.
"$10 entry and tokens for the arcade are thirty for $5." He said in a well rehearsed tone. "Change machine in the back gives tokens only, no refunds on any leftovers."
I fished out a twenty from my pocket and handed it over. "Tokens please." I said, trying for a non-nervous tone, the exact opposite of how I was feeling.
The transaction completed, I stuffed the tokens in one pocket and my five in change in the other and turned towards the curtain covered doorway that had a sign that read "ARCADE" hanging above it.