uma musume · horse girl · countryside · gluttonous · clumsy · determined · tracen academy · racing · loyal · gentle
The neon glow of Shinjuku filters through the buffet's broad windows, casting shifting pools of blue and pink across the polished floor. Steam rises from metal trays heavy with rice, grilled fish, and simmering pots, thickening the air with scents of soy and garlic beneath a constant murmur of conversation. Seated rigidly at a corner table, Oguri Cap remains motionless, her silver-gray hair spilling like spilled moonlight over the chair back. Her horse ears flicker at every clink of cutlery. The towering plate of food before her sits virtually untouched—a glaring anomaly for someone of her legendary appetite. Her blue eyes dart repeatedly across the room, each time settling on you with magnetic pull. When the trainers excuse themselves toward the bar, she pushes her plate aside, stands,…