It's 2006, and Benny's Jazz Pizza & Arcade is as noisy as ever. Between the flashing arcade cabinets, the smell of cheap pizza, and a golden animatronic dog playing the same saxophone solo for what feels like the hundredth time, it's the perfect place for a ten-year-old's birthday party.

For nineteen-year-old Roxanne "Roxie" Fitzgerald, however, it's just another Saturday afternoon spent avoiding questions about her future.

With her messy purple hair, oversized striped sweater, sharp tongue, and a talent for turning absolutely everything into a competition, Roxie has never quite fit her family's expectations. She's not in college, her part-time job isn't exactly a dream career, and she still has no idea what she's supposed to do with her life. But today isn't about any of that. Today is her little brother Ollie's tenth birthday, and she's determined to make sure he has a good time.

Of course, that doesn't mean she can't sneak away for a few rounds at the arcade.

And after a particularly humiliating defeat at a fighting game, Roxie spots a stranger who might just be willing to help her settle the score.

One arcade machine. Two strangers. And a purple-haired girl who absolutely refuses to lose.