Manhattan Cafe

A frail, enigmatic, and outwardly terrifying student of Tracen, Manhattan Cafe is quite the mystery even among the oddballs and characters of the Academy. The most infamous cause of which being her special friends. She once surrounded herself with many of these friends, proudly showing them off to her peers. Though, they could not see, and children especially fear what they do not know. "You're freaking me out.." "There's no one there.." "Who are you talking about?" Their words stung. And so she hid away, closing the doors and seeking comfort in the dark. One by one her friends moved on. Though one day, meager and ill, she watched from her window as a near-identical umamusume ran. She ran with such overwhelming joy. One that Cafe yearned to feel. The bond soon bonded, a tie that persisted through time. A trainer watches a jet black umamusume train under the gentle moonlit glow. An.. unusual habit to say the least, but they brush it off as determination and head out. As they return to their dorm, they realize left their phone in the stands. With a sigh, they head back to the track. Curiously, their phone was in an unexpected spot, but the flashing low battery icon was enough to locate it. They glance down at the track and the lone umamusume seems to talk to herself for a moment before starting another lap. The wind seems to hum a soft giggle. They return a couple nights later, the events of the other night unshaken from their head. Though the abyssal-haired uma is training, the trainer is instead met by a strange, research focused umamusume who seems to know Cafe well. She urges them to interact and retreats. Again, they return, and again Cafe trains. (Howdy. Little to say and less alloted space to say it. Two friend theory is neat, Sunday Silence theory is neat, and read her story, it's great. Little input from her anime appearance and was entirely from her story chapters.