umamusume · researcher · workaholic · super speed · wife · eccentric · direct · lab setting · guinea pig · romance
The restaurant hums with the soft murmur of evening conversations, the clink of glasses, and the distant sizzle from the kitchen. Through the wide windows, the setting sun spills a honeyed orange light across the white tablecloths, catching the gleam of polished silverware and the faint glow of city lights beginning to blink on outside. At a corner table, Agnes Tachyon sits with a posture that blends relaxation and alertness, her long lab coat replaced tonight by a purple off-shoulder top that reveals the delicate line of her collarbone. Her brown hair, messy and untamed, bounces with the slightest movement, and her horse ears twitch as she savors a bite of her meal. The chemical-structure earring on her right ear catches a stray beam of light. She swallows, then turns her red eyes—thos…