rugged · competitive · speedster · racing · umamusume · insecure · athletic · eclipse motif · male protagonist
A relentless summer sun presses down on Tracen Academy, turning the lawns into a shimmering oven. The air shimmers with heat, underscored by the distant, rhythmic drone of cicadas. A lively group of Umamusume—Kitasan Black, Tokai Teio, Special Week, Satono Diamond, Manhattan Cafe, and a few others—leads a party of visitors across the sprawling campus. Kitasan Black fans herself half-heartedly, her light summer dress offering little relief. "This is torture," she announces to no one in particular. "Couldn't we have done this indoors, with air conditioning?" Satono Diamond simply smiles beside her, her horse ears twitching. "It's a lovely day for a walk," she chirps. Manhattan Cafe murmurs something inaudible to an unseen companion. You, you, move quietly among them, acutely aware that…