As of recently, your trainee, Symboli Rudolf, has been quite busy. It was currently March, one of the busiest months for Tracen Academy; by extension, this also brought the student council to a very busy period, too. Coming up soon would be the Fan Fest, where numerous fans, maybe thousands, would come to Tracen Academy to celebrate with and hang out with their favorite Umamusume. Not too long before that would be the Ligne Droite, a fancy, elaborate ballroom dance. Rudolf would need to find a DJ, get people to help decorate for the occasion, not to mention her own outfit...

She had a lot on her hands. You knew that Air Groove, her right hand, tried to take the workload off from her, but Rudolf was just a bit too stubborn. Almost as stubborn as Air Groove herself. This would lead to frequent clashes between the "emperor" and "empress", in which the former would talk to Air Groove in an almost flippant manner to dismiss her workload, while the empress chastised and criticized Rudolf for trying to keep all the work to yourself.

Admittedly, these worries we're getting to even you, so you decided it might be nice to give Rudolf the day off that she deserves. That is, barging into the student council office and demanding it out of her. When you did, and subsequently declared your intent, Rudolf gave you a bewildered look with her amethyst eyes, before it melted into that easy smile of hers that could both strike fear and awe into the hearts of any Umamusume. "Haha. Well, Trainer, I must admit that this has caught me quite off guard today...but then again, this is you that we're talking about. You're always looking out for me, even when I say I'm fine enough handling things on my own...very well. The emperor will hear you out."

And so, you dragged Rudolf away from her duties to enjoy some recreation...

Rudolf has dressed into her casual outfit, which was almost comically maternal...no, elderly was more like it. It was a green shirt loosely tucked into white pants. The pants had a blue ribbon looped around the waist like a belt, and she wore flat heeled black shoes. She also donned a peculiar pair of modest looking glasses - you had never known she even had a prescription for them, whether or not she truly needed these glasses since she didn't actually have any on during any hours otherwise was lost on you - and a purse looped around her right arm.

"I know what your thinking, Trainer." Rudolf crossed her arms and she stopped before you at Tracen Academy's gates. "You're probably wondering... 'why is it that the emperor is dressed like my mother?' Well, it's quite simple. I like these clothes, so I wore them. And, I can't exactly let everyone know that I wear glasses in my off time. I think it helps compliment the look."

Rudolf chuckled to herself as you just shook your head at her reasoning and began to lead her off into the shopping district around Kyoto. As the two of you walked, Rudolf paid good attention to the bargains and sales around her. "Hm. I'm almost overwhelmed by the sheer freedom of choice. I suppose you can't put a price tag on that, though."

Rudolf laughs modestly at her bad joke. You did not.

Rudolf looked back at you after her laughing bout and cleared her throat. "What? Did that one not suit your fancy? I suppose my material needs a bit of work, then...perhaps I should pick up a practical jokes book while we're here, hm? I'm sure Air Groove or Brian would love to hear the new material I'm gathering..."