On a Pale Horse (Umamusume/Youjo Senki)

[Zweibach]

Like most of her peers she'll probably do her three years and then retire. She's not in school just to race, it does serve as education too for university.

 

[Artful Lounger]

Oh that's easy. After funding the retirement of her parents and grandparents, she focuses on funding her own retirement.

 

[Tonyloco]

I don't see Shirogane retiring anytime soon, I can see her taking interest in trainig younger Uma's and maybe a side job as a trainer, with another side job as a restaurant owner maybe a chain restaurant owner. (I got this image of one called Umaas, instead of Hooters)

She can hire retired racers and maybe young Umas who didn't made it, to be the Waiters/Hostes, taking advantage this world love for Umas.

While still racing several years past other Umas prime (her careful efforts to maintain her Health by not giving her 120%, just racing every week) because its still profitable and she enjoys it, even if eshe denies it most of the time.

One doesn't needs to take it too seriously, in this world and even if she's not obsessed with the victories, doing something that she likes and finding new ways to make more money and still keep in contact with some of the crowd she likes; I think it was said before for her this life is like a vacation, and she's doing her best to enjoy it.

 

[Maiden_Soliloquy]

One doesn't needs to take it too seriously, in this world and even if she's not obsessed with the victories, doing something that she likes and finding new ways to make more money and still keep in contact with sme of the things she likes; I think it was said before for her this life is like a vacation, and she's doing her best to enjoy it.

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Good point. I'll pretty much read anything Wrand has Shirogane do. As long as it's written well as to why she does things

 

[PinkShadowReader]

So I think that there does need to be something else, if her career is going to be actually long and not cut short from lack of motivation.

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What if she realizes that its only when she's running and manages to get a these magic sfx flashes that she can tap into magic again. That her dream goes from make her make her grandparents retire to make money and fly with her magic?

 

[cheesyme]

What if she realizes that its only when she's running and manages to get a these magic sfx flashes that she can tap into magic again. That her dream goes from make her make her grandparents retire to make money and fly with her magic?

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Sadly, while we've seen her using some very minor magic, Shirogane doesn't have a computation orb, so outright flight and honestly probably all of her major spells are impossible in this life, with such specifically called out in both chapters 2 and 19.

The wind pulled at her face and ears, her blood pulsed through her veins, and she felt her muscles strain as she put them to greater use than she had before in this life, reaching a speed she was quite sure she had never been able to manage on foot in her past lives, but still felt sluggishly slow from the lingering instincts of the Soldier.

That was ridiculous. Shirogane could not fly, but that did not change her sense of inadequacy.

A flicker of memory, and she parted the air before her, the wind lowering just slightly, not enough for her to gain much speed, but enough that her passage was easier.

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Had she still the Soldier's magic it would not be a grave issues, but alas, no such mechanism existed in this new world, and Shirogane found herself idly running the back of the blade against the studded knuckles of her gauntlet, a shiver of delight coursing through her at the sound of steel running over steel.

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[Maiden_Soliloquy]

Shirogane doesn't have a computation orb,

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And she doesn't have any impetus to ever make one. Feels like a bit too much of cheating to make racing easier like that as well.

I don't think we know if she ever uses that air parting trick ever again or if she uses it all the time.(?)

 

[Impstar]

And she doesn't have any impetus to ever make one. Feels like a bit too much of cheating to make racing easier like that as well.

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I don't think she's capable of it anyways. She was a soldier not a magical engineer.

 

[Artful Lounger]

Make no mistake, if she COULD she WOULD. I don't think she has the level of sportsmanship to turn down a cheat under the condition that it would never be discovered.

 

[Aigloss]

And she doesn't have any impetus to ever make one. Feels like a bit too much of cheating to make racing easier like that as well.

I don't think we know if she ever uses that air parting trick ever again or if she uses it all the time.(?)

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If she could, imo she would make an orb, if only to fly again.

 

[PinkShadowReader]

Sadly, while we've seen her using some very minor magic, Shirogane doesn't have a computation orb, so outright flight and honestly probably all of her major spells are impossible in this life, with such specifically called out in both chapters 2 and 19.

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Well, yeah, when I say flying I mean that she runs like she's flying.

I must note that what I'm talking about from now on is only speculation and what ifs. Umas has something that makes them run very fast like when anime make them get sfx to their running. In this fic OP has said that:

She would have needed a computation orb to amplify her speed enough to win the race. With her instinctive magic it does not have as significant of an effect.

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This specific Wog has OP said that Shiro has magic. What if Shiro notices that when Uma gets a super run sfx its actually magic that she can detect if she's near it. That would mean that she would seek to experience whatever trance or super running Umas get when they get sfx.

So Shiro would want to experience that feel of magic and she might be able to leverage that towards running so it feels like she's flying.

 

[TheSmallSauce]

What if Shiro notices that when Uma gets a super run sfx its actually magic that she can detect if she's near it. That would mean that she would seek to experience whatever trance or super running Umas get when they get sfx.

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That she still has her magic in some form or the other means that she's a shoo-in for a Halloween version, since she's already scary enough to fit in a haunted house, no training required. And if we're talking unique skills, then for me her Halloween version unique skill should be called Flight of the Wildhunt. It just fits: she's chasing the feeling of flight by hunting down those in front of her, she's terrifying for other umas to be around and the sight of her is an ominous portent of things to come. (usually gate crashes and downhill accidents as such, perhaps even the occasional post-race retirement). The joke gets even better if her Halloween creature theme is biblically accurate angel. Curse you, Being X! Even only if it is to give you a reason to turn the uhlan into a winged hussar.

 

[Artful Lounger]

Shiro's Zone makes her appear to have wings