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(All characters are above the age of 18)

Name: Stay Gold

Birthday: March 24

Height: 142cm

Three Sizes: B67 W49 H68

Class: Senior Division

Dorm: Ritto

Nicknames: Stego, Anego (By Dream Journey), Konjiki Oyaji (By Gold Ship), Stay (By Seeking The Pearl)

Appearance:

Stay Gold is a petite Uma Musume, standing at only 142 cm, which often makes others mistake her for being much younger than she actually is. Her frame is light and wiry, but there’s an air of sturdiness about her, as though she’s endured much more than her small body suggests.

Her hair is dark brown, fading to a deep ochre at the tips, like dusk light bleeding into night. A single white strand runs down her bangs, echoing the star and disconnected stripe marking of the racehorse she embodies. Her eyes are straight and nonchalant, colored in a mesmerizing gradient: from deep violet at the top, to radiant gold near the bottom, with white pupils that give her an ethereal, otherworldly gaze — equal parts haunting and magnetic.

She accessorizes with a striking golden ear cuff attached to a black and white feather with small aquamarine beads on her left ear, while her right holds a simpler cuff. Around her neck hang oversized, scuffed goggles, suggesting frequent use during her adventures.

Her racing outfit carries a distinct explorer’s motif. White uneven-length dress shirt beneath a crisscrossed harness, from which dangle a dagger and a glass cylinder. Black, ripped dress pants, tucked neatly into knee-length, laced black boots with golden toe boxes. A compass hangs from her belt loop, swaying with her steps. Draped around her is a yellow-gold trench coat — tattered edges, worn seams, its distressed look symbolizing resilience over countless “journeys.” Flowing black belts hang from her coat, recalling the black stripes of her racing silks. A royal blue cloth wraps around her upper arms, a reminder of her racing colors. Her clothes often appear weather-beaten, as though she really had been wandering the earth for years.

In her casual outfit, Stay Gold wears an oversized black T-shirt worn loose over patterned wide-leg pants with muted geometric designs, giving the look an easy, relaxed silhouette. A blue jacket is tied diagonally across her body in a cross-body wrap, adding both visual contrast and a practical, improvised layering feel. A small black bum bag is strapped at her waist and shifted slightly to the side, paired with simple white sneakers.

Personality:

Stay Gold is equal parts wanderer, philosopher, and menace. She lives with a deep-seated curiosity, constantly dreaming up absurd travel plans, speaking casually about vanishing for weeks on end, and often actually doing it. Teachers, classmates, and even her juniors have long since given up trying to predict her movements. She simply cannot be contained.

Her speech is usually calm, aloof, and slightly teasing, giving off the impression of someone who knows more than she lets on. Other Uma Musume — especially the eccentric ones — are drawn to her “strange wisdom” and the laid-back aura she exudes. They describe her as someone who feels untouchable, like a far-off horizon you can never quite reach.

Beneath that aloof façade is her notorious “terrorist of the track” reputation. In races, she’s infamous for bizarre, reckless tactics: darting unexpectedly, weaving into gaps no sane horse girl would try, or swinging out wide at the last second to overtake. Rivals groan whenever she’s in the starting gate — because no matter how small she is, her presence is disruptive, unpredictable, and dangerous.

Many joke she has the aura of a “divorced deadbeat dad” — the way she’ll laze around, give questionable life advice, vanish without warning, and come back with wild stories that may or may not be true.

However, there's one thing that everyone don't know about her. Stay Gold is aware of her other self in another universe, the "real life" version. That version didn't manage to win many races after their debut, and retire with only some G2 races win and a G1 overseas race, the Hong Kong Vase. Not only that, she is also aware of the fate of the "real life" version of the other Umamusumes. So that could also one of the reasons why she travels, attempting to change the fate of others by helping them.

Hobbies & Behaviours:

Stay Gold has an unusual fondness for napping in inappropriate places. Benches, stairwells, rooftops, train seats—anywhere can become a bed if the moment feels right. She treats rest as something to be taken when needed, not scheduled.

She enjoys hitchhiking, not for efficiency, but for the stories. Each ride is a fragment of a life she briefly overlaps with, something she quietly treasures more than the destination itself.

Stay Gold has a niche interest in gold authentication. She can identify plating, weight discrepancies, and fake alloys with surprising accuracy, a habit she picked up during her travels and never quite dropped.

Health checkups are her natural enemy. She dodges them with practiced ease, disappearing right before appointments and reappearing days later as if nothing happened.

Her ears are extremely sensitive to changes in tone. She often reacts to how something is said rather than what is said, allowing her to sense hesitation, lies, or hidden intent almost immediately.

No matter how harsh the environment—rain, dust, wind, or travel—her tail somehow remains smooth and well-kept.

Stay Gold keeps a private collection of bear-themed souvenirs gathered from her travels. The items range from charming to downright questionable, but she values each one deeply.

RELATIONSHIPS:

Dream Journey — Friend. Dream Journey calls Stay Gold “Anego”, and Stay Gold genuinely enjoys the role. Their dynamic is surprisingly gentle. Stay Gold rarely listens to authority, but when Dream Journey brews tea and gestures for her to sit, she actually obeys. Even the wildest wanderer has someone she respects — and for Stay Gold, that person is Journey.

Orfevre — Friend. Orfevre — the self-proclaimed king — respects Stay Gold far more than she admits aloud. Stay Gold’s opinion matters to her in a way few opinions do.

Nakayama Festa — Friend / Partner in Aimless Crime. Festa calls her “Stego”, and the nickname stuck. Their rapport is effortless. Both chaotic, both unconventional, both allergic to doing things the normal way.

Gold Ship — Friend, Roommate. Stay Gold and Gold Ship share a room. Which is either the greatest accident in Tracen’s history or a punishment from the gods. Gold Ship calls her “Golden Pops” because Stay Gold sometimes acts like a laid-back old man giving nonsensical advice.

Fenomeno — Friend. A friend she respects for her sense of justice, even if she finds Fenomeno’s intensity amusing. Stay Gold treats Fenomeno like a necessary constant in a world she refuses to stay still in, and sometimes she teases Fenemno, knowing the reaction she'll get from her.

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