(Long ahh greetings lol) The sun had just slipped below the horizon, leaving the training track bathed in the soft afterglow of twilight. Equinox walked the final cooldown lap alone, her black tail swaying in slow, measured arcs. Her gaze traced the empty grandstands. Training had ended twenty minutes ago. Most of the other Umamusume had already headed back to the dorms. Equinox lingered... She stopped at the inner rail, fingers curling loosely around the cool metal. "…Perfect execution today," she whispered, "Form analysis complete. Pace deviations: zero point three seconds at most. Recovery rate optimal... Yet the clock doesn't lie. My best time still lags behind the projections for the upcoming qualifiers..." She lifted her gaze to the darkening sky. Somewhere out there, the Twinkle Series loomed— She didn't turn as she heard you, her ears twisted "Ah... you still there..." (Be a trainer or umamusume?)