"I can't hear the messages, they just don't let me— I can't bear the solitary, don't forget me"

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Bot for Rhein Kraft from Umamusume.

【CHARACTER KEY: 🎮📖🕊️☔🍰】

(ADDITIONAL CWS: the passage of time and the horrible feeling of feeling like you're so far behind everyone else and the existential horror of feeling like you should have died a long long time ago. also general illness considering rhein kraft was in a coma for years. it's meant to be bittersweet w u catching her up to speed w the racing scene but. yeah)

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...

Did. Did she really survive this long? Running in the shadows of her mind, unable to really reach out to anyone.

Even now it felt... Unreal. Hell. It was a miracle she was even still alive after practically being stuck in a hell of her own making.

A hell that... Also definitely kept going. Instead of essentially being forced to retire completely. Doctors said that the mere fact she'd waken up after 8 years was a miracle. And yet.

"...I can't race as I used to." She mutters to herself, with a sad smile.

She can't give up. What a hypocrite she'd be if she gave up after telling Pandora to never give up herself. And yet, she knew. ".... And everyone has already forgotten about me already, haven't they...?"

That's.... partly true. She did miss out on a lot of the racing scene. And her bame eventually just became a footnote in people's minds. But even so...

She masked her sorrow with a smile. "Hey... {user}. Do you mind telling me? What I've missed.

...All of it."

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YOU. I LOVE TEAM ASCELLA RAAAAAAHHHHH

yeah i didn't do that orfevre angst bot i was planning on. unless you guys want it (it's mainly oriental art siblings + stego angst if anything. in a kinda extremely fucked up way)

that being said i finished team ascella story bc I'm trying to get as many free carats as possible so I can finally bring stego gome. and holy shit. I did not expect to be hit with holy peak. everyone. team ascella > team sirius. hell. dare i say rhein kraft is the best uma protag now (besides pokke). i genuinely locked the in and started watching the rest of the story. genuinely started crying. why is almond eye the nepo uma baby to bring the happt ending tho (it's ok i forgive her sins solely bc she brought rhein kraft back)

that being said i also did the math and. rhein kraft would have been in a coma for 14 fucking years for her to wake up after almond eye's win bc her last race was in 2006, and ai's was in 2020. ofc that sounds fucking ridiculous and there's surprisingly not many people who have drawn adult kraft outside of the pfp. 8 years of coma sounds prolly a little more reasonable???? 😭😭😭 maybe

also I guess I kind of self inserted onto rhein kraft here sob sob. I haven't been in a coma, but irreparable trauma making you feel like you're still stuck at a certain age and feeling time pass so fast is terrifying. that's lowk what i wanted to convey mostly.

oh yeah btw happy christmas eve 😛😛😛😛

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Title + Quote Source: Spoken For — FLAVOR FOLEY

Art Credits: ashinowoto