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𝐅𝐈𝐑𝐒𝐓-𝐑𝐀𝐓𝐄! @heavenly-pride.bsky.social · 02/10/2025

‪⠀‬‪ 𝑲𝑰𝑵𝑮 𝑶𝑭 𝑬𝑴𝑬𝑹𝑨𝑳𝑫𝑺 .ᐟ 𝘛𝘩𝘦 𝘍𝘪𝘳𝘴𝘵-𝘙𝘢𝘵𝘦 𝘜𝘮𝘢𝘮𝘶𝘴𝘶𝘮𝘦 ( 𝗞𝗜𝗡𝗚 𝗛𝗔𝗟𝗢 ) #MVRP | #UmamusumeRP 𝙋𝙧𝙞𝙙𝙚 𝙤𝙛 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙂𝙤𝙡𝙙𝙚𝙣 𝙂𝙚𝙣𝙚𝙧𝙖𝙩𝙞𝙤𝙣. ‪⠀‬‪

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𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐌𝐢𝐝𝐧𝐢𝐠𝐡𝐭 𝐒𝐢𝐥𝐡𝐨𝐮𝐞𝐭𝐭𝐞 @merephantom.bsky.social · 24/06/2026

«Mere Phantom. With that confirmation, it also punched her ticket to one of the three biggest dances she could show up at this year. One her kin had taken victory at before. The Kikuka Sho.

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𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐌𝐢𝐝𝐧𝐢𝐠𝐡𝐭 𝐒𝐢𝐥𝐡𝐨𝐮𝐞𝐭𝐭𝐞 @merephantom.bsky.social · 24/06/2026

«lungs burn, heart racing more than normal, legs feel a little wobbly as she rests standing up, hands on her hips. Compared to others, however, she was doing great. The commentator of the track finally speaks up, and announces the official finishing order of Rose Kingdom, Eishin Flash, and»

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𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐌𝐢𝐝𝐧𝐢𝐠𝐡𝐭 𝐒𝐢𝐥𝐡𝐨𝐮𝐞𝐭𝐭𝐞 @merephantom.bsky.social · 24/06/2026

«moment in time, Mere Phantom was in another state entirely, in some ways another plain of existence. Some umamusume go their whole lives and never enter the zone, and she did just that. The line came, and then it went, she didn’t even bother looking back at the scoring. She knew she held it. Her»

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𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐌𝐢𝐝𝐧𝐢𝐠𝐡𝐭 𝐒𝐢𝐥𝐡𝐨𝐮𝐞𝐭𝐭𝐞 @merephantom.bsky.social · 24/06/2026

«to stay just behind rather than fully alongside. That something was refusal, a simple, stubborn refusal to be passed back. Not again. Not today. Not after everything she’s been through to get here. A wisp of blue trailed from her eye, not quite realizing that for that second, for just a brief»

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𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐌𝐢𝐝𝐧𝐢𝐠𝐡𝐭 𝐒𝐢𝐥𝐡𝐨𝐮𝐞𝐭𝐭𝐞 @merephantom.bsky.social · 24/06/2026

«promised herself something on the backstretch, and she doesn’t break her promises, she’s going to do WHATEVER it takes, bar none. Not quite sure how she found it, but she found something, something enough to stop the bleeding, to hold her ground against the closing Epaulette. For her»

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𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐌𝐢𝐝𝐧𝐢𝐠𝐡𝐭 𝐒𝐢𝐥𝐡𝐨𝐮𝐞𝐭𝐭𝐞 @merephantom.bsky.social · 24/06/2026

«that had just begun screaming. more. More. MORE. Despite her hanging it all out there for the first time, the shadow of Tanino Epaulette had just flickered at Mefa’s periphery as she pulled alongside, threatening to pull ahead. Despite her energy and bodily reserves emptying rapidly, she'd quietly»

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𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐌𝐢𝐝𝐧𝐢𝐠𝐡𝐭 𝐒𝐢𝐥𝐡𝐨𝐮𝐞𝐭𝐭𝐞 @merephantom.bsky.social · 24/06/2026

«fight off a closing Tanino Epaulette. Someone who was as hungry as her to get into the classics. Epaulette had a similar path to the Phantom, maybe if they met another time, another place, things would be different. As Epaulette drew alongside, Mefa demanded more of her body, more of those legs»

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𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐌𝐢𝐝𝐧𝐢𝐠𝐡𝐭 𝐒𝐢𝐥𝐡𝐨𝐮𝐞𝐭𝐭𝐞 @merephantom.bsky.social · 24/06/2026

«Rose Kingdom come storming past HER outside, and those dreams would get dashed for today, but now her stride had a renewed purpose, and it showed. Despite the newfound vigor, a fact still remained. The finish line was meters away, long meters, which almost felt like kilometers when you had to»

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𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐌𝐢𝐝𝐧𝐢𝐠𝐡𝐭 𝐒𝐢𝐥𝐡𝐨𝐮𝐞𝐭𝐭𝐞 @merephantom.bsky.social · 24/06/2026

«move was an unexpected one for many people, as she found herself getting ahead of Meiner Gold and Hard Dadandan right as the two front runners made it onto the final stretch! She could see the leaders! No sooner had the thought of winning crossed her mind than did the duo of Eishin Flash and»

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𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐌𝐢𝐝𝐧𝐢𝐠𝐡𝐭 𝐒𝐢𝐥𝐡𝐨𝐮𝐞𝐭𝐭𝐞 @merephantom.bsky.social · 24/06/2026

«reserve of strength she had. Slowly, she pulled herself up the order, past Reve d'Orient, past Eishin Flash! Pulling alongside Rose Kingdom, boxing her in between the rail and herself. Mefa didn't even give a glance over to the noble, her run continued from the third corner into the fourth. Her»

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𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐌𝐢𝐝𝐧𝐢𝐠𝐡𝐭 𝐒𝐢𝐥𝐡𝐨𝐮𝐞𝐭𝐭𝐞 @merephantom.bsky.social · 24/06/2026

«and a revelation came to the Blue Illusion's mind. The proper answer. EVERYTHING. ' Then it’s time to stop protecting myself ' Which was the last thought she'd allow to enter her brain. Entering the final corner, with the access to the outside she desired, Mere Phantom FINALLY tapped into that»

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𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐌𝐢𝐝𝐧𝐢𝐠𝐡𝐭 𝐒𝐢𝐥𝐡𝐨𝐮𝐞𝐭𝐭𝐞 @merephantom.bsky.social · 24/06/2026

«The realization finally hit her like a truck. ' They're . . . giving everything. ' Her gaze shifted back to the uma musume ahead, but her focus stayed inward. ‘ and I . . . haven't given anything . . . at all. ' The stretch to the final corner was lessening more and more,»

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𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐌𝐢𝐝𝐧𝐢𝐠𝐡𝐭 𝐒𝐢𝐥𝐡𝐨𝐮𝐞𝐭𝐭𝐞 @merephantom.bsky.social · 24/06/2026

«they're already breathing hard, yet they all still had a lot more in them for the final stretch, but what about her? She wasn't breathing hard yet, she wasn't feeling even remotely like she was burning after nearly half the race's distance, she was running well within herself. Why? »

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𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐌𝐢𝐝𝐧𝐢𝐠𝐡𝐭 𝐒𝐢𝐥𝐡𝐨𝐮𝐞𝐭𝐭𝐞 @merephantom.bsky.social · 24/06/2026

«obvious, 'anything'. She was told that was the wrong answer. Then what was the right one? She only finally took a look around at everyone. Not just at the two classics runners, but at everyone, the Reve d'Orients, the Silk Oldes, the Tanino Epaulettes... only then does she see it. The others,»

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𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐌𝐢𝐝𝐧𝐢𝐠𝐡𝐭 𝐒𝐢𝐥𝐡𝐨𝐮𝐞𝐭𝐭𝐞 @merephantom.bsky.social · 24/06/2026

«down the backstretch, something she had been told before suddenly showed back in her head. ' How much are you willing to give? ' Echoed through her head, the person who asked... she can't remember them now, but their voice cuts through her mind like a knife through butter. The answer is always»

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𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐌𝐢𝐝𝐧𝐢𝐠𝐡𝐭 𝐒𝐢𝐥𝐡𝐨𝐮𝐞𝐭𝐭𝐞 @merephantom.bsky.social · 24/06/2026

«riding around towards the back just behind the pace chasers, only Reve d'Orient separated Mefa from both Eishin Flash and Rose Kingdom for the majority of the time while Neo Vendome and San Diego City led the field around the first corner and down the majority of the backstretch. Around halfway»

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𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐌𝐢𝐝𝐧𝐢𝐠𝐡𝐭 𝐒𝐢𝐥𝐡𝐨𝐮𝐞𝐭𝐭𝐞 @merephantom.bsky.social · 24/06/2026

«seconds, but with a few of the other umamusume growing restless, her eyes look ahead, that's the only place they can before the gates swing wide open, and all twelve runners pour out onto the Hanshin racecourse turf all at once. The entire first half of the race, Mefa showed her restraint,»

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𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐌𝐢𝐝𝐧𝐢𝐠𝐡𝐭 𝐒𝐢𝐥𝐡𝐨𝐮𝐞𝐭𝐭𝐞 @merephantom.bsky.social · 24/06/2026

«she had ever imagined herself doing, this was all she ever wanted to be. Those thoughts found their way in her head, but she was able to show them the way out once the last gate clacked shut with one deep breath in and then out. All twelve runners waited for the gates to open. It takes a few»

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𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐌𝐢𝐝𝐧𝐢𝐠𝐡𝐭 𝐒𝐢𝐥𝐡𝐨𝐮𝐞𝐭𝐭𝐞 @merephantom.bsky.social · 24/06/2026

«tarried her mind. Pressure. Pressure makes diamonds, she had assured herself, but it was definitely the pressure she had packed upon herself for this race. This was it for her. If she didn't grab her spot for the Kikuka Sho, she didn't know what else she could possibly do. This was the only thing»

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𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐌𝐢𝐝𝐧𝐢𝐠𝐡𝐭 𝐒𝐢𝐥𝐡𝐨𝐮𝐞𝐭𝐭𝐞 @merephantom.bsky.social · 24/06/2026

«she had regarding the race. There are the obvious butterflies that always exist in your abdomen when you go to race regardless, those dissipate as soon as you enter that gate and get into an entirely different headspace. However, when Mefa finally entered the gate, a different type of anxiety»

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𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐌𝐢𝐝𝐧𝐢𝐠𝐡𝐭 𝐒𝐢𝐥𝐡𝐨𝐮𝐞𝐭𝐭𝐞 @merephantom.bsky.social · 24/06/2026

«third gate instead of Rozu though? The thoughts were the same as they would be if it was just Rozu herself. Whatever. It's time for business. When the time came for everyone to get into gates, Mefa was one of the last to hear the clack of the gate closing behind her, perhaps from the nerves that»

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𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐌𝐢𝐝𝐧𝐢𝐠𝐡𝐭 𝐒𝐢𝐥𝐡𝐨𝐮𝐞𝐭𝐭𝐞 @merephantom.bsky.social · 24/06/2026

«And something else, too. Something Mefa didn't want to name. Rose Kingdom is a class act on the course, regardless of how they act off it towards her. Her gaze lingers on not Rozu, but the gate that runner was assigned to, for maybe a bit too long. Does it really matter if she was staring at the»

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𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐌𝐢𝐝𝐧𝐢𝐠𝐡𝐭 𝐒𝐢𝐥𝐡𝐨𝐮𝐞𝐭𝐭𝐞 @merephantom.bsky.social · 24/06/2026

«Found her. Of course. Rose Kingdom. Gate three. Two over from Mefa's own number one. Her jaw tightened. Rose Kingdom was always here. Always ahead. Always the benchmark Mefa couldn't quite reach. Her fists ball at her sides. It's not hatred that Mefa feels, it's the fatigue of inevitability.»

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𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐌𝐢𝐝𝐧𝐢𝐠𝐡𝐭 𝐒𝐢𝐥𝐡𝐨𝐮𝐞𝐭𝐭𝐞 @merephantom.bsky.social · 24/06/2026

«dressing room and began clacking her way down the tunnel to the track. Still, despite everything she's done, superstitional or preparational, there was this sense of unease that gnawed at her as she walked towards the Hanshin Racecourse turf. After making her entrance, she scanned the paddock.»

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𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐌𝐢𝐝𝐧𝐢𝐠𝐡𝐭 𝐒𝐢𝐥𝐡𝐨𝐮𝐞𝐭𝐭𝐞 @merephantom.bsky.social · 24/06/2026

«wherever her training took her. After checking herself one more time over, this time only having the ear decoration that Ayabe gifted her, a pearlescent light blue four pointed star sitting towards the top of her right ear, ditching the lower decoration. After nodding at herself, she left her»

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𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐌𝐢𝐝𝐧𝐢𝐠𝐡𝐭 𝐒𝐢𝐥𝐡𝐨𝐮𝐞𝐭𝐭𝐞 @merephantom.bsky.social · 24/06/2026

«to work doing exactly what was asked of her. Running, pulling, squats, swimming... karaoke??? You know what, karaoke. There were many times where literally nobody other than her trainer was out on the track due to the festivities of the derby, but there she was. She had almost become a fixture»

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𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐌𝐢𝐝𝐧𝐢𝐠𝐡𝐭 𝐒𝐢𝐥𝐡𝐨𝐮𝐞𝐭𝐭𝐞 @merephantom.bsky.social · 24/06/2026

Nobody, and I mean NOBODY, had trained for the Kobe Shimbun Hai even half as hard as Mere Phantom. During derby season, once she had gotten done wallowing about, reflecting, harshly, on every mistake she'd made, addressing the issues she pointed out about herself, she swallowed her pride and got»

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— / / 𝚂𝚌𝚊𝚛𝚕𝚎𝚝 𝚂𝚝𝚊𝚛 ; 𝙱𝚞𝚛𝚗𝚒𝚗𝚐 𝙷𝚎𝚊𝚛𝚝 ❤️‍🔥 @guzmania-lingulata.bsky.social · 17/05/2026

— / / ❝ 𝚆𝚘𝚛𝚔 𝚒𝚝, 𝚖𝚊𝚔𝚎 𝚒𝚝 𝙳𝚘 𝚒𝚝, 𝚖𝚊𝚔𝚎𝚜 𝚞𝚜 . . .

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𝘼𝙂𝙉𝙀𝙎 𝙏𝘼𝘾𝙃𝙔𝙊𝙉 @tachnology.bsky.social · 13/08/2025

𝐑𝐨𝐥𝐞𝐩𝐥𝐚𝐲 𝐀𝐜𝐜𝐨𝐮𝐧𝐭 | 𝐔𝐦𝐚 𝐌𝐮𝐬𝐮𝐦𝐞

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Haru Urara @bestestprize.bsky.social · 11/03/2026

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𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐌𝐢𝐝𝐧𝐢𝐠𝐡𝐭 𝐒𝐢𝐥𝐡𝐨𝐮𝐞𝐭𝐭𝐞 @merephantom.bsky.social · 19/05/2026

«doing, especially for her. ' What if the trainer is wrong? ' crosses her mind for only a moment, before scrunching her face again. There's just no way she, or her trainer, can afford to be wrong.

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𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐌𝐢𝐝𝐧𝐢𝐠𝐡𝐭 𝐒𝐢𝐥𝐡𝐨𝐮𝐞𝐭𝐭𝐞 @merephantom.bsky.social · 19/05/2026

«excuses. No more half-assing it. No more fighting the trainer. The fire in her eyes was new, or maybe just uncovered. Just how far is Mere Phantom really and truly willing to push herself? Just how ready is Mere Phantom to fully change her ways? Saying is much easier than»

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𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐌𝐢𝐝𝐧𝐢𝐠𝐡𝐭 𝐒𝐢𝐥𝐡𝐨𝐮𝐞𝐭𝐭𝐞 @merephantom.bsky.social · 19/05/2026

«Frustrated that she's still resisting the obvious choice. " Make it or break it, Mefan. You gotta start taking this shit seriously. " The words landed differently without a certain pink-haired plush 'mouthing' them. They landed on her. Her reflection stared back. No more»

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𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐌𝐢𝐝𝐧𝐢𝐠𝐡𝐭 𝐒𝐢𝐥𝐡𝐨𝐮𝐞𝐭𝐭𝐞 @merephantom.bsky.social · 19/05/2026

«course, but she soon begins shaking her head, but not actually shaking the thought. Her mind flashes back to the qualifier races, but nothing comes of it. She shakes the thought for real, as she bangs her fist against the glass, frustrated that nothing's come to her mind.»

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𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐌𝐢𝐝𝐧𝐢𝐠𝐡𝐭 𝐒𝐢𝐥𝐡𝐨𝐮𝐞𝐭𝐭𝐞 @merephantom.bsky.social · 19/05/2026

«the TV reflects off of the glass, showing images of the Yushun competitors on the glass, previewing and speculating on the performance of those in the field. A field she'd never face, ghosting the blue illusion's own reflection. Her eyes find the far corner of the training»

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𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐌𝐢𝐝𝐧𝐢𝐠𝐡𝐭 𝐒𝐢𝐥𝐡𝐨𝐮𝐞𝐭𝐭𝐞 @merephantom.bsky.social · 19/05/2026

«pull out all by herself, but what else is there to blame? What's the common factor in everything that pisses her off about where Mere Phantom is? Mere Phantom is. Facing the music yet again, Mere Phantom contemplates what to do next to get out of this one, while the light of»

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𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐌𝐢𝐝𝐧𝐢𝐠𝐡𝐭 𝐒𝐢𝐥𝐡𝐨𝐮𝐞𝐭𝐭𝐞 @merephantom.bsky.social · 19/05/2026

«trainer's advice and just almost throwing it away. It's been right advice, good advice all along. Admission is the first step to fixing the problem, isn't it? It doesn't feel like it to her, it feels like a thousand daggers through the chest. A thousand daggers that she can't»

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𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐌𝐢𝐝𝐧𝐢𝐠𝐡𝐭 𝐒𝐢𝐥𝐡𝐨𝐮𝐞𝐭𝐭𝐞 @merephantom.bsky.social · 19/05/2026

«isn't working, and the Kobe Shimbun Hai is her last chance to prove she belongs. Her fist presses against the glass. It's... mostly her fault, she knows it now. She's been way too headstrong in her own training, stuck in her own ways for whatever reason, taking her own»

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𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐌𝐢𝐝𝐧𝐢𝐠𝐡𝐭 𝐒𝐢𝐥𝐡𝐨𝐮𝐞𝐭𝐭𝐞 @merephantom.bsky.social · 19/05/2026

«BET, she's HERE to be a WINNER. She stands up. Walks to the window. The training track is empty. Everyone who isn't racing is resting before the big weekend. She's not. She needs something. Anything. An edge. A trick. A different way of running. Because what she's doing now»

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