An Enigma Written in Crimson.

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[enigmaincrimson]

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[enigmaincrimson]

"Uh well... Sylvie means well, it's just that the horse girls from that side of the family have something of a signature style of movement and... It can be a bit freaky to watch if you don't know what's going on. Just kind of picture the head and torso seeming to float over the ground whole the arms and legs are moving so quickly that it looks like that have double the number of limbs." Pyrite wasn't sure how to explain the whole thing in general.

"Um... Some of the delivery girls also do that if you pay attention, but it's harder to tell with their arms occupied."

"Uh well... She doesn't patrol the Academy... More like the area around the academy, but you can usually see her nearer the park if she has the daytime shift... She's much harder to spot at night though."

[hotelyamato]

"I can see why that would be scary for any would-be criminals... might be a bit much if someone's just trying to go on a jog at night." As far as Charlotte knew, it used to be Tazuna's job to catch girls—Suzuka—attempting to do just that, but ever since Mario became a Trainer, he handled it himself in pretty terrifying ways. We're at two shots already, possibly three. "But, uh, yeah. Aside from what I told you, nothing much else has happened..."

[enigmaincrimson]

"Well... I definitely know what you mean... Let's just hope Mario doesn't get any bright ideas for a rowdy game of tag." She'd nod from sagely experience... Likely because she knows if the horrors of being chased down by an Umamusme that makes even Eclipse look slow. The funny thing was that Sylvie was actually one of the slower girls from the Sleipnir side.

"Oh and... If you run into Biko Pegasus... Mind telling her that I have that signed photograph from Carrot Ranger she wanted, but if she wants to see that race she was in, I'll have to share the link with her later?"

[enigmaincrimson]

"She's also gotten a bit of a reputation with my classmates... Feel free to ask them about what happens if they try to sneak off campus in the middle of the night." Pyrite would respond with an experienced nod. Seeing this "8-limbed demon horse" charge right at them the instant they try to sneak out without permission was something of an experience.

"I might feel sorry for any criminals that wandered into her beat... High speed pursuit is kind of her thing... That and standing on walls at particularly odd angles."

[hotelyamato]

"Huh, I wonder if that's supposed to be intimidating... police officers have an imposing presence anywhere, really. French ones can be really intimidating and strict." Hence why it was so popular to prank them. "So Sylvie works around the academy? I haven't seen her before."

[enigmaincrimson]

"Uh well... Sylvie means well, it's just that the horse girls from that side of the family have something of a signature style of movement and... It can be a bit freaky to watch if you don't know what's going on. Just kind of picture the head and torso seeming to float over the ground whole the arms and legs are moving so quickly that it looks like that have double the number of limbs." Pyrite wasn't sure how to explain the whole thing in general.

"Um... Some of the delivery girls also do that if you pay attention, but it's harder to tell with their arms occupied."

"Uh well... She doesn't patrol the Academy... More like the area around the academy, but you can usually see her nearer the park if she has the daytime shift... She's much harder to spot at night though."

[enigmaincrimson]

"She's also gotten a bit of a reputation with my classmates... Feel free to ask them about what happens if they try to sneak off campus in the middle of the night." Pyrite would respond with an experienced nod. Seeing this "8-limbed demon horse" charge right at them the instant they try to sneak out without permission was something of an experience.

"I might feel sorry for any criminals that wandered into her beat... High speed pursuit is kind of her thing... That and standing on walls at particularly odd angles."

[hotelyamato]

"Huh, I wonder if that's supposed to be intimidating... police officers have an imposing presence anywhere, really. French ones can be really intimidating and strict." Hence why it was so popular to prank them. "So Sylvie works around the academy? I haven't seen her before."

[enigmaincrimson]

"Uh well... Sylvie means well, it's just that the horse girls from that side of the family have something of a signature style of movement and... It can be a bit freaky to watch if you don't know what's going on. Just kind of picture the head and torso seeming to float over the ground whole the arms and legs are moving so quickly that it looks like that have double the number of limbs." Pyrite wasn't sure how to explain the whole thing in general.

"Um... Some of the delivery girls also do that if you pay attention, but it's harder to tell with their arms occupied."

"Uh well... She doesn't patrol the Academy... More like the area around the academy, but you can usually see her nearer the park if she has the daytime shift... She's much harder to spot at night though."

[enigmaincrimson]

"Admittedly, it sounds like one of Granny's ideas for a training exercise, but she's more liable to use something like a Minotaur or throw in a stampede." Pyrite would listen and reply with a nod.

"Most of the girls I end up running with are usually doing it more like a... Hobby to blow off some steam between working."

"Like... Sylvie is a police officer for example."

[hotelyamato]

"Hence why I haven't told Mr. Mario about it. That man would import black bulls in an instant. Nothing is an object to that guy.

"Oh, naturally! No pocketpicker could ever hope to outrun one on foot... unless it also happened to be another horse girl. It's a good thing that crime is rare here anyways, so that most people wouldn't need to worry about it."

[enigmaincrimson]

"She's also gotten a bit of a reputation with my classmates... Feel free to ask them about what happens if they try to sneak off campus in the middle of the night." Pyrite would respond with an experienced nod. Seeing this "8-limbed demon horse" charge right at them the instant they try to sneak out without permission was something of an experience.

"I might feel sorry for any criminals that wandered into her beat... High speed pursuit is kind of her thing... That and standing on walls at particularly odd angles."

[enigmaincrimson]

"Yeah... even if it was more public knowledge, the competitions are a really big pain to film. They like... line up the entire course with all these fancy high-speed cameras and sensors hoping to ensure a clear shot for later viewing and judging." Pyrite wasn't sure how else to put it really... since things did get more ridiculous the longer and more fast-paced the races get. Did give tech companies a chance to really show off what they're cooking though, so there's that.

"There are Umamusume in other countries, but it tends to get dissipated a bit more with having a significantly larger land mass... but if you happen to visit to any region where they have racing tracks and you'll see them all over the place."

[hotelyamato]

"Horse girls exist everywhere, not just in Japan, you know... it's no different in France. They've always been an important part of French history. It's just not racing that they get up to most of the time." Insert centuries of French warfare here. "Have you ever heard of the 'course camarguaise'? It's a sport where you try to pluck the ribbons tied to a bull's horns and then jump out of the arena. Horse girls are very skilled at it, so the men try to imitate them as best as they can."

[enigmaincrimson]

"Admittedly, it sounds like one of Granny's ideas for a training exercise, but she's more liable to use something like a Minotaur or throw in a stampede." Pyrite would listen and reply with a nod.

"Most of the girls I end up running with are usually doing it more like a... Hobby to blow off some steam between working."

"Like... Sylvie is a police officer for example."

[enigmaincrimson]

"Those weren't powered suits actually... Just a streamlined bodysuit, protective gear, sensors to check vitals, and a simple life support system... Those Umamusme are in fact... Actually running that fast." Pyrite didn't feel like going into extreme details, but it should have been obvious something odd was going on from getting a good look at the training footwear alone... Even if they were the lower cost counterparts.

"And, yes I do in fact have a full set of gear... Although I think the last time I wore it was... For the Carrot Ranger anniversary special and the Spring Marathon for promotional reasons... I'm the one in the black suit with gold markings." She'd add, thinking things over and doing her best to answer.

"And yes, I did get in trouble for ruining the Tracen track once... I got a little too enthusiastic while jogging, lost my footing while trying to take a corner and cut a ditch right into the stands... But I think I made my point with the director that I really shouldn't be running in the regular track... At least I hope so?"

[hotelyamato]

"Huh, is that so..." It was a lot for Charl to process and some things slipped her mind. "You don't hear about that stuff the same way you do the regular races, I guess. That was the most fascinating thing about moving here, just how popular they are. In France we focus a lot more on soccer, you see. In fact, with the World Cup on right now, that's the object of everyone's attention right now. I thought that baseball was the most popular sport in Japan, but here all I see is horse girls, horse girls! It's really fascinating."

[enigmaincrimson]

"Yeah... even if it was more public knowledge, the competitions are a really big pain to film. They like... line up the entire course with all these fancy high-speed cameras and sensors hoping to ensure a clear shot for later viewing and judging." Pyrite wasn't sure how else to put it really... since things did get more ridiculous the longer and more fast-paced the races get. Did give tech companies a chance to really show off what they're cooking though, so there's that.

"There are Umamusume in other countries, but it tends to get dissipated a bit more with having a significantly larger land mass... but if you happen to visit to any region where they have racing tracks and you'll see them all over the place."

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[enigmaincrimson]

"If I were to really make a half-baked attempt to compare AMP to other magical girl systems... I suppose... the Philosopher's stone is a good start."

"Don't ask for the recipe though..."

[enigmaincrimson]

"All of that... for fifteen minutes or less... the end comes regardless." She would speak cryptically... before seeming to effortlessly melt into the shadows.

[enigmaincrimson]

"I would say that Grief Seeds kind of taste like rock Candy, Black Liquorish, and sawdust... but it's not like anyone can prove it."

Spoke the crimson magical girl draped in green... as she casually just casually took a bite of a familiar polished crystal structure like it was a chocolate bunny.

She's not about to say... she already did what she wanted with the grief seed's contents and was just messing around at this point.

[enigmaincrimson]

Artificial Magical Girl project, AKA “AMP System”

(In any case, I do have this... but I should polish this up properly at some point...)

(I suppose to most magical girls, they might consider AMP users as "counterfeit", even if they're actually using a fully legitimate magical girl system of their own.)

[enigmaincrimson]

"Yeah... I'm not exactly allowed to use one of those... or run full tilt on the academy track for that matter. To be fair though... Umamusume are much stronger than humans and there are Umamusume that are much stronger than other Umamusume if you haven't noticed from the video, so... yeah..." Pyrite was partially lying, but at the same time she wasn't... and she just hoped that Charlotte would buy the excuse that she offered or at least pick up on what she's trying to say and leave things there.

"I uh... have some relatives that are involved in the project." She's not saying who or how she's related, odds are that it wouldn't be difficult to guess if they were to figure out that she's not actually a Sleipnir. However, it was one of those things better left alone and not understood.

[hotelyamato]

"Oh, is that so? Then that's how you know all about this. Makes sense." That was one angle, for sure. "So then those powered suits from that video, have you run in one of them before? Those things would definitely destroy the training tracks... though inevitably, so does Mr. Mario's training regimens." Every time one of them mentions Mario, you take a shot.

[enigmaincrimson]

"Those weren't powered suits actually... Just a streamlined bodysuit, protective gear, sensors to check vitals, and a simple life support system... Those Umamusme are in fact... Actually running that fast." Pyrite didn't feel like going into extreme details, but it should have been obvious something odd was going on from getting a good look at the training footwear alone... Even if they were the lower cost counterparts.

"And, yes I do in fact have a full set of gear... Although I think the last time I wore it was... For the Carrot Ranger anniversary special and the Spring Marathon for promotional reasons... I'm the one in the black suit with gold markings." She'd add, thinking things over and doing her best to answer.

"And yes, I did get in trouble for ruining the Tracen track once... I got a little too enthusiastic while jogging, lost my footing while trying to take a corner and cut a ditch right into the stands... But I think I made my point with the director that I really shouldn't be running in the regular track... At least I hope so?"

[enigmaincrimson]

One thing I can say about Pyrite and her counterparts that did make it home... Is she's very unlikely going to talk about her convoluted family tree without good reason... Especially in her case, considering she's trying to limit contact with those relatives of hers.

[enigmaincrimson]

"If you find the official channel, there's even crazier runs... like the Tokyo to Los Angeles Pacific Route... Carrot Ranger Orange can do that track in about fifteen minutes each way."

"I wouldn't exactly recommend the heavy gear they use for sprint training though... the lighter weight setusp that delivery Uma use will do just fine."

"Still looks like a formula one tire swap when replacing the plates and water bag though... just not as flashy."

"Are we talking about powered suits?"

[hotelyamato]

"Er, yeah! You know about IS? The technology is really advancing like crazy nowadays." Charlotte was hoping not to give too much away... even though she probably already did. "Of course, it's not meant for racing, but they organize races sometimes at the Academy."

And it made for cracking entertainment for the boys at Yokosuka. Shout-out to the crayon-eaters of Task Force 79. We think about you. Sometimes.

[enigmaincrimson]

"Yeah... I'm not exactly allowed to use one of those... or run full tilt on the academy track for that matter. To be fair though... Umamusume are much stronger than humans and there are Umamusume that are much stronger than other Umamusume if you haven't noticed from the video, so... yeah..." Pyrite was partially lying, but at the same time she wasn't... and she just hoped that Charlotte would buy the excuse that she offered or at least pick up on what she's trying to say and leave things there.

"I uh... have some relatives that are involved in the project." She's not saying who or how she's related, odds are that it wouldn't be difficult to guess if they were to figure out that she's not actually a Sleipnir. However, it was one of those things better left alone and not understood.

[enigmaincrimson]

@norikokimura

"Yeah... the little buggers will do that... Always sneaking around, watching anything that catches their interest."

"Small word of wisdom... I know they're soft and fluffy, but I wouldn't try to pick one up without making sure they're okay with it first... They're really twitchy about that."

[norikokimura]

This girl still didn't understand. Was she really that obtuse?

"That is fine. I typically do not touch others. Especially those I do not know. Come to think of it, I rarely approach those I do not know nor understand."

"I am very particular about staying within my lane."

[enigmaincrimson]

"Well... I still have to cover all the bases in advance before anything happens. I'd rather not have to listen to you complain later if your hair turns blue or something." Of course, she's aware that Noriko is going to try to push her away, but there's more going on than that... and she's not really going to take no for an answer.

"If your road has a destination... are you actually sure that you are alone?"

"In any case... If that "friend" of yours goes missing at some point, there's a good chance one of the little ones carried them off like those pesky white ones, so I'd drop by and see if I know anything later."

"Getting them to let go is kind of a pain though... Took me all day just to get one to spit out my couch once."

[hxroic-wxlls-fxrever]

"So... how are the new training shoes working out... if you don't mind my asking?" While Pyrite did suppose the contents of the boxes did make it pretty obvious that they weren't the same as more fashionable shoes her classmates wore in races, but... she thought she should at least check to see how things were going with Mario.

“ Going great, actually! Made of-a much sturdier stuff than the last pair, so they shouldn’t tear as easily. Especially at the bottom. “

They also come in variants. There’s the weightless variants that act as regular running shoes, and the WEIGHTED variants that’re used for more high intensity training.

As for how heavy they are…he dropped one of the shoes on a thick sheet of metal, and it made a major dent, nearly breaking straight through.

He only dropped it from 3 feet high, too.

Of course, he knows his team’s limits, so he wouldn’t get them a pair of shoes that’re too heavy to do any training in. The fact that he got a pair this heavy is a sign of him knowing just how strong they’ve truly become.

Which is evident by his team in the background, running up and down a VERY tall flight of stairs… Do they look like they’re about to fall over? Probably.

And yet, they grit their teeth and persevere. Not because anyone told them to, but because they know they can still do more.

“ Paisanos, don’t forget to take breaks! …In any case, things are-a going well. “

[enigmaincrimson]

"They're also designed to fail gracefully so you'd just slow down instead of faceplant on concrete... which is pretty handy... especially since they're made to be very easy to repair and customize."

"Uh... if you don't mind my asking... where did you get the weighted plates anyway?" Now she's suspecting that her grandma was up to her usual antics... and didn't just donate basic training shoe kits to the school like she asked her. Not that Mario couldn't have just ordered weighted plates or made them himself, but she thought it best to ask anyway.

[hxroic-wxlls-fxrever]

“ Oh, the plates? I made them myself. “

Luckily, all those years in Smithing School paid off. Sure, the actual metal used to MAKE the plates were a tad bit pricey, but he spends more, weekly, on his team’s food, anyways. So, it was no biggie!

“ Wanted to-a make my team got the best they possibly get, so I figured I’d take things into my own hands, a bit. And so far? I think it was a good idea! “

Of course, to anyone normal, making shoes THAT heavy would give off the impression that he’s a psychopath. But he’s already got a rep of being completely unbound by common sense, and probably not human, it circles back around to being completely normal.

[enigmaincrimson]

"Yeah... If you ever wanted to see the kind of Umamusume the training shoes were first designed for, I'd keep an eye out for any girls wearing extra equipment while working." She did have a feeling that Mario might be particularly interested in the light gear set if he's going that far with training his team.

"Well... that or see what happens if a student tries to leave the campus after curfew also works..."