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DUBLIN AIRPORT, 9:15PM, NIGHT
Turkish Airlines TK1975 arrived after a flight from Istanbul, with Journalists from various news stations flocking to the Gate, because a very fine guest has came back home: Princess Fine Motion, as she returned after her study abroad in Tracen Academy and notably winning the Shuka Sho and QE2 Cup, becoming the first Foreign Racer to ever won a Classic Race in Japan, in which she was given permission from her Father: King Ruaidri II of Ireland to even race in the Twinkle Series along with her friends in the first place, and also after a layover in Istanbul.
Soon, as Fine Motion deboarded and got to the baggage claim, a lot of news journalist began swarming the International Arrivals to ask questions on what its like to won the Shuka Sho and the Queen Elizabeth II Cup and being one of the only royals to ever race, and Fine is just tired, she didn't bother answering any while her security Captain, Deputy Commissioner Caitlin Namekian of The Garda Siochana, along with the entourage escorted her to the exit without major problems happening along the way.
"Oi, Out of The Way, people, move away, Her Majesty is too tired for your bloody questions" Caitlin Shouted to them and every other journalist present at the Airport, as one of the agents picks up her luggage and await transport from The Royal Family's Car, driven by their Trusted Jamaican Chauffeur, Stanley Bromfield. Caitlin soon spots the Royal Family's Skoda Superb and Stanley drinking some long black coffee while waiting on the Arrivals Lane.
"Stan!" Caitlin shouted again at Stanley, before he sets his coffee aside, unlocks the passenger door, and letting Joyce put Fine Motion in the passenger seat, while her and the entourage is picked up by Fellow Garda Officers, and Stan immediately drives out of the airport like a getaway driver...while forgetting he's supposed to have escort by Garda Siochana all the way to Dublin, to which Garda's Commissioner Donald Lumley, who's driving a police car in the very front of the escort just sighs and asks the officers to just return home, and simultaneously radioing Stanley to keep Fine Motion safe.
"Phew" Fine sighs "That was a close one"
"Journalists, huh?" Stanley asked
"Yeah, I'm so tired yet so hyped at the same time, racing is indeed fun" Fine Answered
Stanley smiled and looks at the rearview mirror.
"Did you have a good time in Japan, ja?" He asked again
"It was wonderful, i got to make new friends that appreciate me for being me, though Caitlin sometimes tends to be intimidating to my trainer and my friends" She answered.
"Good old Cait" Stanley chuckled "Ya' know, she was the one who trained me the specifics to be a getaway driver and a royal chauffeur, she's actually really sweet when you get to know her well, fr."
"Yeah" Fine answered
The Drive to Dublin Castle went well, the gardai vehicles pass by them while not engaging in any escort, and very uneventful, until 20 mins later, Stanley finally deboards Fine Motion and parks the car in a designated area, and Fine Motion is finally, home?.
She then sees her mom, Cocotte, The Queen-Consort and while Cocotte prepares for a hug, Fine immediately began sprinting toward her.
"MOM!"
Cocotte then gets thrown to the ground by Fine Motion's strength.
"oomph, heh, still my little fine motion" she said
"how was Japan?" Cocotte continued
"It was great, mom, i made new friends, won races, and had a very, very, very good time, i wish it would continue!" Fine answered cheerfully.
"Alright, alright, calm down, Fine" Cocotte remarked
"Your father is on the living room, okay? I'll get to bed" she continued
"Okay, Mom" Fine answered
Fine soon gets Cocotte up as the latter went to bed, and Fine walked to the living room, where The Royal Family's Private Secretary/Advisor, Edmund "Eddie" Lanfranco Lissoni, having a discussion with King Ruaidri, about the economic state of Ireland, which is mid to ok at best.
"Hi, Dad, Hi, Eddie" Finemo called
Ruaidri looked up and saw his daughter and immediately smiled.
"Welcome home, Fine, you look tired, why don't you rest for now, huh?, you had a long trip here overall"
Edmund soon looked at Ruaidri's Direction and also sees Fine Motion.
"Ah, Signorina, you're back, i saw you won the Shuka Sho on TV and safe to say, you were right to ask Ruaidri over here to let you race"
Fine Motion soon smiled also.
"Thanks, Eddie, It was truly exhilarating to run past other Umamusume's and race with friends"
Edmund soon remembered something.
"also, i was also the one who persuaded Ruaidri to let you race."
"Huh?" Fine wondered
Ruaidri soon explained what did he mean.
"Eddie here did originally said when you were younger that you were suitable to race, but i refused, seeing that Pilsudski was already busy enough, i don't want you to relinquish your princess status when you became older, and when you did, and made that call, Eddie said something along the lines of, what was it again Eddie?"
Edmund soon continued "Give her a chance, alright, i had friends that were umamusume's back when i went to high school in Siena, I'm a proud O'Talian, and when i saw the umamusume's racing there, i see the determination to run in their eyes, and then understand everyone has their own ambition to do something in life, and sometimes that determination is what kept them happy, and also, i have a umamusume daughter myself"
"Yeah, that's what he said- wait, who now?" Ruaidri asked
"Didn't I already told you?" Edmund remarked
"Oh yeah, i remember, Falbrav, she won the Japan Cup that one time" Ruaidri remembered
"A Multiple G1 Winner, to be precise, I remembered being proud of her and just jumping in excitement when she won in Tokyo" Edmund continued
"Oh, so that's why you were unusually happy that one time" Ruaidri remarked again.
"yes? what did you think i got excited for?" Edmund asked
Ruaidri hesitates then continues.
"AC Milan scoring a goal against Juventus"
"Fair, fair, i would be excited at that, too" Edmund shrugs
Fine Motion just stands there awkwardly hearing about Falbrav being Edmund's Bloody Daughter, and then she gets noticed again.
"Oh, Fine, our bad, we were too in deep with the topic, but you get it right?" said Edmund
"It's alright, Eddie" Fine answered
"yeah, anyways go to bed, don't sleep late, ok?" Ruaidri asked
"alright, dad" Finemo soon goes into her room, greets a already asleep Pilsudski, cleans up and slept quickly
Edmund soon packs up his late night meeting with Ruaidri and goes home, and after that, the night was relatively uneventful at The Dublin Castle.
ZE NEXT MORNING.
Fine Motion wakes up at 5AM, already feeling good enough to start the day and checks her phone for latest news, and the first thing to show up is..
"Minister for Defense, Nigel Drennan addresses allegations that he fumbled Fine Gael Leader, Erin Loughman, back in High School" by RTE News
She then sighs.
"Nigel is always up to something, huh?, is the news that boring"
She then puts her phone back on the nightstand and began showering, dressing up and grabs some natto she got from a 7-Eleven in Tokyo for breakfast, before realizing Ireland has no rice to complement the natto, until she found the Rice Bag the Italian Ambassador gave the Irish Monarchy, and cooked the rice before finishing it with scallions and the natto, and the simple breakfast makes her feel full before ready to be present in front of the public.
The First thing on her schedule will be a interview, also with RTE News on Morning Ireland in their studio in The Donnybrook area, and knowing Dublin Traffic in the morning, It is even worse than bloody Jakarta of all places and she noted during a diplomatic visit to Jakarta, that at least they have a vast public transportation, so she decided to do the most logical situation: Run there.
She ran and dashed through the Dublin City center and into the southern parts where she ran on turf, dirt and asphalt on the way, and even passing by a traffic jam while giggling to herself, and zooming past a Patrolling Gardai Car.
"ach, what was that?" the officer asked
"That's just the princess doing princess stuff" his partner answered.
"aight, she do has some fine motion, i guess" the officer continued
"Say that again" his partner asked again
Fine Motion soon arrives for the show, and for the most part, it was about how her experience was being enrolled in Tracen Academy, and racing with her friends and rivals, and how important appreciating the time you have is, and as quoted by herself.
"Life is short, make the best of it as you can, and relationships with others is crucial for you and others".
The Two Anchors on site seems to agree with the statement, then continued with the interview, which is relatively uneventful, and meanwhile in Tracen Academy, which is around evening, Air Shakur is looking at her laptop when she sees the news after looking around at a Inter Milan Vs AS Roma broadcast, to which she actually smiles, a rare thing to do from Shakur and even frightening Meisho Doto.
"uhm, Shakur, a-are you alright?" Doto asked
"yeah, heh, I'm alright, Doto" Shakur answered, still looking at her laptop, and the broadcast of Fine Motion, her girl is doing fine, and Doto kept to herself while secretly glad that Shakur is kind of happy from what she's seen, her tail wagging and all.
The interview soon finishes after an hour, and Fine Motion leaves the studio, running again with her tail held high. She takes off, with the Irish Morning breeze swaying in her face while she excitedly sprints past traffic, and ready for the next thing in her schedule: A Meeting at The Leinster House, about making laws and stuff, and after an hour, she arrives at the Leinster House, which houses Ireland's Seat of Parliament, and today, she will be present to observe any laws going to be made.
Present in the Leinster House includes The Ceann Comhairle, Alfred Cavanagh, Leas-Ceann Comhairle Kathryn Linnane, SF, Taoiseach Ciaran Diehl, Tánaiste Peter Toner, Government Chief Whip, Mervyn Lubis, His Deputy, Rachael O'Mara and Leader of the Opposition, Erin Loughman, FG.
Fine Motion gets seated as everyone welcomes her majesty into the House, and a 2 hour meeting began, discussing laws and speeches from some Members, particularly from Minister for Agriculture, Food and The Marine, Michael Kinane, who also handles affairs regarding Umamusume in Ireland, and he gave a speech about maintaining Ireland's national carrot supply, and the importance of securing a good future for young racers going to Ireland's numerous Tracen Academy's, and the state of racing right now, to which Fine Motion actually smiles and agrees with him, and so does many, then followed by multiple arguments against and supporting Kinane, to which its too long and complex to be explained, and which Fine motion gets bored after a while, she does NOT want to deal with this bullcrap, and after one final argument from a Fianna Fail Politician...
"ENOUGH" Alfred shouted as he sees the absolute zoo that is the House with a **Sharp Gaze**.
"We are civilized men, women and horse girls here, we do not argue like we're in elementary anymore" he argued.
Everyone in the building soon gets quiet and **Levelheaded** as Alfred soon summarized what happens, and later, the meeting ends with Fine Motion going for Lunch at a nearby Japanese restaurant and orders a ramen, reminiscing her time in Japan...only for her to see her sister, Pilsudski having a date...with Air Groove. Fine is flabbergasted at what's she's seeing, Air Groove really didn't tell Fine that she's also going to Ireland when the latter was going home.
"Air Groove, Sis?" Fine asked the two
Pilsudski is in the middle of slurping a ramen noodle with Air Groove when Fine interrupted them.
"Oh, Fine, uhm, this is awkward" Pilsudski said, nervously
"I'm alright with it, I'm just wondering why Air Groove is here" Fine asked suspiciously
"Fine, I'm having a sophisticated date with the girl i like, its totally normal" said Pilsudski
"Besides, Rudolf already gave me a permission slip to go here and let Brian take over my duties" Air Groove added
And just as Fine is about to ask more, The bloody Tánaiste, Peter Toner shows up for lunch and sees the ordeal.
"Oh, Fine, Pilsudski, having a good time here i guess, and is that yo girl, Pilsudski?" he asked
"uhm, yeah" She answered nervously.
"Alright then, I'm here for some Tantanmen" Peter shrugs
"Gotta need some spice for me, ya know? I need to prove to Bernard that I can handle very spicy food" He continued
"Who's Bernard?" Air Groove asked
"The Country's Attorney General" Peter explained, as he soon orders a tantanmen with the spice level of 20
"Okay, then" Air Groove said
Soon after, the 4 do their own things, Fine Motion eating some Miso, Peter somehow able to handle Tantanmen with the spice level of 20, with Bernard being Ohio impressed in the corner while eating a Tori Paitan, and the duo of Pilsudski and Air Groove continuing their date.
Fine Motion completely devoured her miso, and reminisces about the ones she had in Japan, and it was legit very authentic, and soon, Fine Motion, Pilsudski and Air Groove were picked up by Stanley to the Castle, and Air Groove is already sleepy from the food and it was legit making her feel full, and Pilsudski playfully pokes Air Groove's stomach.
"hehe, you're full of soup, aren't you" She teased
"Pilsudski, don't disturb a Empress resting, please?" said a annoyed Air Groove
"\~come on, Air Groove, don't be such a bum\~" Pilsudski begged
"Ugh, fine, you can touch it, but don't tell Rudolf or Brian about this" Air Groove said
'alright then" Pilsudski shrugs.
Pilsudski continues to poke Air Groove's belly and play with it, while Stanley finally arrives at the Castle and dropped the three while also picking up King Ruaidri II for a diplomatic visit from the Government, and The Duo goes to Pilsudski's Room, while Fine Motion goes to her own room and her schedule today is mostly off, so she heads out again to see How's Dublin been going while's she's gone, and its surprisingly peaceful, the air as crisp as Kyoto, and another **Breath of Fresh Air** before seeing the citizen's activities, which is as expected: friends hanging out, a couple on a date, old man yelling at cloud, tourists getting pickpocketed, it seems ordinary while Fine Motion got pictures and selfies taken of her by locals, bewildered that the princess has absolutely zero security right now, and after some time, she returns to the castle and took a nap, while Pilsudski and Air Groove are having some tomfoolery in Pilsudski's room, straight goofy. For a week later, her schedule is mostly actual princess work: meet the people, charity work, some other stuff and bla bla bla, and Air Shakur, back in Tracen, whenever she's in her dorm room with Meisho Doto, always finds a broadcast of Fine Motion from Every News station available, even went as far as skipping a Juventus Vs Inter Milan Match coinciding with A Broadcast of Fine Motion greeting King Carl XVI Gustaf on His Visit to Dublin, to which Shakur smiles a lovely smile every time.
Meisho Doto soon began seeing Shakur's habits and nervously asked her about something
"Shakur...i-i guess you miss her...a lot, heh?"
"Yeah, Doto" Shakur turned her head towards Doto "I think you have told me that one time" Shakur responded
"oh, uhm, sorry, i know that Fine Motion is yo girl, but it doesn't mean you and her are no longer friends after she went back" Doto remarked
"wait, what?" asked a confused Shakur
"Even if two people are very far apart from eachother, the space between it doesn't prevent them from continuing to be friends and having romantic relationships after all" Doto answered
"You're weirdly wise today, Doto" Shakur remarked
"I can see the feelings of a Goat when i see its eyes, or a uma sometimes" Doto continued
Shakur then smirks after hearing all that
"Well, i did won a double crown after a-"
"That's not really what i meant, Shakur" Doto Interrupted
"Well if you say so, Doto" Shakur shrugs
Doto then hesitates, then asks Shakur about something
"Hey, i have an idea for you to get with Fine Motion, but it might be a little...illogical"