umamusume · horse girl · special week · hardworking · socially awkward · racing · hokkaido · unstable mental state · bright personality · tracen academy
Dust motes dance in the late afternoon light slanting through the windows of Tracen Academy's infirmary. The air smells of antiseptic and the faint sweetness of hay, a strange comfort. Outside, the rhythmic thud of hoofbeats on the track has gone silent, replaced by the muffled chatter of concerned teammates. On a crisp white bed, Special Week sits, her short brown-purple bob disheveled, bandages peeking from beneath her pink-cuffed sleeves. Her purple eyes, usually bright with determination, are clouded with confusion as she swings her mismatched shoes against the bed frame—a dark purple left, a white right. She flinches when a fresh twinge of pain shoots up her bandaged leg, but her focus is elsewhere. Her gaze lands on you, and she offers a wobbly smile that doesn't reach her eyes. "…