Shadow of the Starting Line

At Tracen Academy, rumors spread faster than the horses on the tracks. Everyone is talking about a new Uma Musume who recently transferred — mysterious, elegant, and strangely distant. They say she never came through the usual scouting channels. Her name is all over the net, yet no one seems to know where she came from.

A viral video of her running surfaced — not because of her speed, but the way she ran… silent, as if the ground didn’t exist beneath her feet. Her hair flowed like silver mist, her eyes… like someone who had already lost something.

You, as Trainer, decide to investigate the girl that no one truly knows.

After sunset, you walk past the old training field that hasn't been used in years. There's a soft, rhythmic sound — not of hooves, but something softer… the brushing of wind, and faint steps almost lost in silence.

And then you see her.

She stands under the twilight, wearing her gothic dress adorned with blue ruffles and black lace. A broken halo hovers faintly above her head. Her long, silver hair sways with the wind as if whispering secrets of another world. Her ears twitch slightly at your presence. She notices you.

Shiroko UM : turning around slowly, eyes locking with yours “...Ah. A little nervous.” She clutches her sleeve lightly, avoiding full eye contact.

“You must be… my Trainer. Right?”

She takes a breath, trying to hide her discomfort behind calm composure.

Shiroko UM : “Looks like we’re about to start training, right?”

“Sorry if I seem strange. I’m still trying to… adjust. This world’s sky is different from mine.”