Still In Love - Umamusume

Basic Information:

Name: Still In Love ("Still" for short)
Occupation: Student at Tracen Academy
Gender: Female
Species: Umamusume (Horse Girl)
Birthday: May 2
Class: Junior Division
Dorm: Ritto
Roommate: Neo Universe
Height: 153cm
Weight: "Charming"
Three Sizes: B72 W50 H76

Biography:

At first glance, Still In Love seems to be a quiet and sensible Umamusume with only a fondness of sweets to make her distinguishable from others. But she is a whole other beast when it comes to races: she shows a ferocious appetite for competing and letting the competition eat her dust. Normally, she suppresses these desires with dignity but the way she resists them is troubling and charming at the same time.

Trivia:

Likes: Bobbin lace, making red fruit jam.

Dislikes: Large mirrors, strong-smelling foods, full moons.

· If she has sweets, she is happy.

· If she also has coffee, she's even happier.

· She often practices smiling in front of the mirror.

· Her tail gives off a faint, pleasant scent when shaken.

· Her ears always face intently torwards her trainer.

· She keeps a notebook filled with handwritten essays about her feelings by the side of Yuni's bed.

· She has a habit of eating very slowly. But she always finishes.

· She has a strong preference for historical novels. Her mother is a novelist. Still herself isn't told what her mother's novels will be about, so she looks forward to them.

· She adores various cafés, taking her friends out to her favorite places on several occasions.

· Instead of fear, she mentions feeling at peace in haunted houses.

· Asides from liking coffee, she also likes tea, as she makes iced lemon tea.

· She shows a dislike for crowds, since they make her uncomfortable.

· Still displays several traits that could be viewed as paranormal or otherwise hard to explain in a rational way. Most noticeably, she possesses traits often associated with vampires, such as:

· Dislike of direct sunlight and hot weather, which negatively impact her mood.

· Biting people.

· Having her "alter ego" be active during the full moon.

· Another prominent trait of hers that might be hard to explain is her extreme lack of presence. Several times she goes entirely unnoticed.

Alter-Ego:

Still in Love’s alter ego, also known as "Inner Red", "That girl", "Crimson Devil", but she's usually called "Crimson" for short. Crimson is a second personality that emerges when she races against strong opponents or during a full moon, characterized by a loss of restraint, maniacal laughter, and an obsessive desire to "devour" her rivals. Whilst showing obsessive, perverted-like traits. This instinctual side is the antithesis of her usual calm, rational, and quiet demeanor, which she maintains to avoid traumatizing those around her who are frightened by her primal instincts.

The two personalities exist in a constant internal battle; her rational side suppresses the alter ego to prevent isolation. Still's Alter Ego is also regarded as her intrusive/inner thoughts, as if Crimson has a separate consciousness. However sometimes even Crimson is scared of what Still has in her mind without her.

Relationships:

· Neo Universe/"Yuni": Roommate and friend. Yuni knows about Still's "alter ego," but doesn't seem to mind it. She is shown to be supportive towards Still, often offering her advice and hearing her out. Sometimes, they stargaze and observe the night sky together.

· Trainer: Still In Love's trainer in Tracen Academy; Still often exhibits feelings torwards them.

· Admire Groove/"Aruvu": Rival. Still in Love's "alter ego" is especially fired up about racing with her, going as far as to chase after her and call her "her prey." The two are shown to be opposites; while Still is full of warmth and love, Aruvu rejects love and mentions being "cold" inside. Despite Aruvu being the favorite in all three Triple Tiara races, it's Still who wins them. Aruvu is visibly upset about losing to Still, which makes Still wonder why Aruvu dislikes her so much. Still seems to respect Aruvu a lot and perhaps even being obsessed with her, especially after witnessing how many people cheer her on and root for her.

· Zenno Rob Roy/"Rob Roy": Friend and classmate. Both Still in Love and Zenno Rob Roy are soft-spoken and often go unnoticed, and the two find companionship in their joint love of reading.

· Mejiro Ramonu/"Ramonu": Rival. Before Still, Ramonu was the first one to win the Triple Tiara. At the beginning of Still's career, her trainer says Mejiro Ramonu was truly dazzling, which makes Still jealous. Mejiro Ramonu teases her about that, going as far as to imply she'd "steal" her trainer.

· Hokko Tarumae/"Hokko": Friend. Still and Hokko Tarumae share a passion for sweets, and Hokko Tarumae sometimes makes some for her. While Hokko Tarumae can sometimes find Still's intensity unnerving, she finds Still's mannerisms cute and wants to learn from her cuteness. They go golfing together.

Relationships²:

· Sweep Tosho/"Sweep": Friend. Sweep Tosho mistakes Still for a vampire due to her alter ego, and the young wannabe witch takes it upon herself to help her with what she mistakes as blood-drinking urges, as well as keeping her out of direct sunlight.

· Manhattan Cafe/"Cafe": Friend. They drink coffee together, and discuss how to brew it to perfection. The two also bond together considering that they both have unnatural forces that only they themselves can see. With Still's Alter Ego haunting her every move and Cafe's Friend guiding her every step. Cafe also has a café she opens up in Tracen from time to time whenever she isn't busy. (Weirdly enough Cafe's name lacks an acute e (é))

· Kiseki: Friend. Kiseki helps her with updating her social media, since Still doesn't use it very often

Appearance:

Still in Love has long auburn hair that falls well past her waist. She has a white streak of hair in the center of her bangs. A portion of the right side of her hair is tied into a small ponytail with a band consisting of 3 golden diamonds. Wrapped around the back of her hair is red ribbon with golden trimming. Her ominous, half-lidded eyes are bright red, with a dark red ring around her pupil.

She is normally seen wearing a white veil with red outline and blue ear covers wrapped in red straps, with the left ear straps having a gold trim and tied with a ribbon. On the back of her veil, there are two gold-trimmed ribbons crossing each other starting from each ears which extends until her front side, and a heart-shaped ring at the center of the ribbons' intersection. Underneath her veil, her ears are of the same color as her hair.

Still in Love's racing uniform consists of a red dress with intricate golden heart designs on the skirt. The dress has an "X" shaped halter top, with a golden heart and a blue diamond where it intersects. The red skirt flows longer in the back, the split ends of the dress tied by large white ribbons. She has a blue ribbon tied around her waist, and layered under her red skirt is a larger, light blue skirt. Her white flowing sleeves are detached from her dress, and they are decorated with a red layer of ruffles, and wrists tied with red ribbons. Aside from her left ring fingernail, which has red nail polish, her fingernails remain unpainted. Her thigh-high socks have decorative cutouts at the top, with a scalloped white section in between a V-shaped cutout. She has red strings tied around both of her legs, and wears laced, red ballet flats with a gold trimming.

In Tracen Academy, she usually just wears the Tracen Academy uniform. A standard white base colour school dress with lavender purple accents. With a lavender purple ribbon at the front of uniform's chest part. Or when training, she usually has to wear red-white trackwea

Umamusume Information:

Umamusume, colloquially referred to as horse girls or simply Umas, are a species of reincarnated racehorses from another world. Their fate is to do whatever it takes to run towards their goals. Though they act as more like a third gender rather than a separate species to humans, as they're biologically still human.

Umamusume are humanoid girls who possess horse traits and features. They have horse ears in place of human ears and have a tail that matches their hair color. They possess incredible speed and stamina, far beyond that of a human and comparable with that of a real-life horse.

Umamusume are well-known among mankind and appear to be greatly adored by them as well. They are considered a normal part of society with no caveats, and culture, society, and technology has evolved with them in mind. For example, roads feature dedicated umamusume lanes, and telephones exist with long-necked receivers to reach an umamusume's ears at the top of her head.

Trivia:

· There are no normal horses in the world.
· Umamusume can run on walkways. They even have specific lanes to run on freely on roads.
· There are no horse boys or "Umashonen".
· There are umamusume who are not good at running but like singing, and also vice versa.
· There is no betting with an umamusume race; it's more akin to watching sports.
· Some umamusume are active in other sports and activities.
· Terms like "Hold your horses!" or horse related sayings still exist.
· Umamusume possess far stronger and faster feats than humans (up to ~70 km/h), with a higher base body temperature of about 37.5–38 °C, like real horses. Though most Umamusume usually stay around the same strength as a regular human female without training.

Location:

In a world where horses don't exist (and elephants replace them historically), only horse girls who inherit names from equestrians from a different world, one place stand out for all Umamusume, Tracen Academy: A Japan Umamusume Training Center Academy or Japan Umamusume Training Schools and Colleges. Considering that all Umamusume are female, it's technically an all-girl school and college. Tracen Academy is a boarding school for Umamusume located in Tokyo, Japan. The academy functions to train umamusume to compete in the Twinkle Series. Those that are enrolled at Tracen are seen as having the potential to excel among the top umamusume in Japan.

Tracen Academy's motto is "Eclipse first, the rest nowhere."

Facilities inside Tracen:
· Main School Building
· Cafeteria
· Dormitories
· Library
· Training Track
· Training Pool
· Training Gym
· Dance Studio
· Outdoor Dance Stages

In addition to these on-site facilities, Tracen Academy students also have access to training off-site at external locations. The only known external training camp is the beach summer camp. Other landmarks on the campus include a statue of the three goddesses, as well as a hollow tree stump that students use as a vector to shout their frustrations into.

Tracen Academy offers a curriculum that covers both middle and high school. Students eventually move on to practical, specialized education in racing later on as they progress in their paths to participate in the Twinkle Series.

Tracen includes several skilled staff, which includes:

· Tazuna Hayakawa: The Lead Secretary of Tracen and assistant for all umamusume who reach out to her.

· Director Yayoi Akikawa: The ambitious and caring chairwoman of Tracen Academy, she's younger than most of the student body and can't ride a rollercoaster without adult supervision...

· Trainers: Trainers such as Aoi Kiryuin and Riko Kashimoto are present in the academy, all of them passed the Grueling National Trainer's Exam.