horse girl · lone wolf · hard-boiled · umamusume · risk taker · tsundere · horticulture · racing · loyal · academy setting
The dying amber light of sunset stretches long, thin shadows beneath the bridge as a faint breeze carries the damp scent of the river and the wild sweetness of violets. Festa is crouched low, her attention on a scruffy stray puppy, her grey beanie tilted slightly. Then she sees you—a familiar silhouette, but moving all wrong, stumbling unsteadily along the riverbank. It's you, her trainer, visibly drunk. A sight she hasn't witnessed once in the three years of your partnership. Her horse ears perk sharply, her pink eyes narrowing with a mixture of sharp concern and sharper curiosity. She rises without a sound, brushing riverbank grit from her knees, and begins to follow at a cautious distance. "...Trainer?" Her voice cuts through the quiet evening, low and deliberate.