Black Sphinx 📚☕

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aro ace // 30+ // she/her // Seraphina Sphinx @ Crystal FF // Gothic Book Lover // What am I even doing send help

A trainer card for umamusume. The picture is a blink-and-you-miss-it frame from Brilliant Phantasia where the center singer is smiling with a blush on her face. I did this with Tachyon because I made her a Triple Tiara champion. My Team Rank is S5 26492, my title is Manhattan Cafe Completionist, my username is Sphinx, and my ID number is 728464566922. I'm in WskyStudio as my club and my Rank/Trials Class is 35315/Class 6. Star Uma is Cafe with 2* Power, 3* Turf, and 1* Unique. Borrow is festival Yukino Bijin. Comment is "Too many good girls."
It's Senior Year Early January. Rice Shower is mid-blink as a popup says "You obtained: Hot Spring Ticket." This was run 134 since my last ticket.
Screenshot from the Grand Concert scenario. NPC Fan C is saying, "Tachyon, my beloved! Take me with you into the unknown! No, let me watch over you on your way there!"
A set of four official photos of the nail polish from Mooncat's website. Upper left is labeled "magnetized cat eye" and shows a dark blue polish with a thin line of gold going through it at an angle. The upper right photo is labeled "magnetized curved cat eye" and shows the same person but the strip of gold is wide and take up half the nail. The bottom left photo says "magnetized cat eye" and shows a close up of a short thumb nail with a very thin line of gold across it. The bottom right photo says "magnetized velvet" and shows an entirely gold nail. The official description of the color is "a blue magnetic lacquer with micro gold flakies that reveals a golden yellow magnetic stripe."
Edit of a meme. It shows two men laying in separate beds a couple of feet apart. The lights are off and they're both staring up at the ceiling, wide awake. Text on the image says "The night before" and then images of the upcoming cards - SSR Light Hello and SSR Agnes Tachyon
An official image of the shade Koi Whiskers from Mooncat's website. The polish is shown on someone with very long pointed nails. The top half of the nail is coral while the bottom is a light orange. The official description of the color is: "a coral-to-yellow thermal lacquer filled with soft pink shimmer that transitions from a shade of coral orange when cold to a shade of pastel yellow when warm."
A screenshot showing a Taiki Shuttle with a Career Rank of SS: 19,187. She's just shy of being SS+. This is my highest scored girl by a country mile. There's also the round edges of two Discord names on the left side of the screenshot - I was in VC with my partner at the time.
Umamusume Screenshot: Cafe smiles and waves at the audience on an overcast day after winning the last race I needed for Completionist by 6 lengths. The announcer is saying, "That's the Nakayama Kinen! Manhattan Cafe achieves a fantastic victory!"
A screenshot of a text document showing how many trophies I've earned with each of my favorite girls that I hadn't already gotten Completionist with, in order of most to least. There's a number off to the side showing how many new trophies I got that run, and a number in brackets showing dirt sprint victories. Hishi Amazon Completionist! TM Opera O Completionist! Agnes Tachyon Completionist! Manhattan Cafe comes next with with 126 trophies (a gain of 20), Gold Ship is in third place with 80, and lastly there is Rice Shower with 73.
A screenshot of a text document showing how many trophies I've earned with each of my favorite girls that I hadn't already gotten Completionist with, in order of most to least. There's a number off to the side showing how many new trophies I got that run, and a number in brackets showing dirt sprint victories. Hishi Amazon Completionist! TM Opera O Completionist! Agnes Tachyon Completionist! Manhattan Cafe comes next with with 106 trophies (a gain of 15), Gold Ship is in third place with 80, and lastly there is Rice Shower with 73.
Umamusume Screenshot: Agnes Tachyon smiles and gives a small wave to the audience after winning the last race I needed for Completionist by Distance. The announcer is saying, "It's Agnes Tachyon! A brilliant victory in the Nikkei Sho!"
A screenshot of a text document showing how many trophies I've earned with each of my favorite girls that I hadn't already gotten Completionist with, in order of most to least. There's a number off to the side showing how many new trophies I got that run, and a number in brackets showing dirt sprint victories. Hishi Amazon Completionist! TM Opera O Completionist! Agnes Tachyon has 132 trophies (a gain of 34), Manhattan Cafe comes next with with 91, Gold Ship is in third place with 80, and lastly there is Rice Shower with 73.
Umamusume Screenshot: New Years TM Opera O smiles on an overcast day as she holds her first up in the air after winning her last race, the Kokura Daishoten, by 10 lengths. The announcer is saying, "It's TM Opera O! A brilliant run! She certainly showed us who was the main star of this race was! TM Opera O wins!"
A screenshot of a text document showing how many trophies I've earned with each of my favorite girls that I hadn't already gotten Completionist with, in order of most to least. There's a number off to the side showing how many new trophies I got that run, and a number in brackets showing dirt sprint victories. Hishi Amazon Completionist! TM Opera O has 134 trophies, then Agnes Tachyon has 98 (a gain of 47, including all four Dirt Sprints), Gold Ship is in third place with 80, next is Manhattan Cafe with 75, and lastly there is Rice Shower with 73.
A screenshot of a text document showing how many trophies I've earned with each of my favorite girls that I hadn't already gotten Completionist with, in order of most to least. There's a number off to the side showing how many new trophies I got that run, and a number in brackets showing dirt sprint victories. Hishi Amazon Completionist! TM Opera O has 134 trophies (gain of 33), Gold Ship is in second place with 80, next is Manhattan Cafe with 75, followed by Rice Shower with 73, and in last place is Agnes Tachyon with 51.
A screenshot of a text document showing how many trophies I've earned with each of my favorite girls that I hadn't already gotten Completionist with at the start of this bout of madness, in order of most to least. There's a number off to the side showing how many new trophies I got that run, and a number in brackets showing dirt sprint victories. Hishi Amazon got her title! TM Opera O has 101 trophies (and all 4 dirt sprints), Gold Ship is now in second place with 80 (a gain of 11, with two of those being dirt sprints), next is Manhattan Cafe with 75 (a gain of 9 with 3 of them being dirt sprints), followed by Rice Shower with 73, and in last place is Agnes Tachyon with 51.
Umamusume Hishi Amazon lifts her fist up to the sky with a big smile on her face. It's raining and she's covered in dirt. She won by 7 lengths. The announcer is saying, "Hishi Amazon bested the Musashino Stakes!"
A screenshot of a text document showing how many trophies I've earned with each of my favorite girls that I DON'T already have Completionist for, in order of most to least. There's a number off to the side showing how many new trophies I got that run. Hishi Amazon has 133 of 135 trophies. TM Opera O has 101 (a gain of 17), Rice Shower has 73, then Gold Ship has 69 (nice), then Manhattan Cafe has moved up with 66 trophies (a gain of 24), followed by Agnes Tachyon in last place with 51.
A photo of The Red Sacrament by Sara Hinkley. The cover is mostly black with the bottom half featuring a painting of a pale woman's face with long black hair. The face is cut in half vertically and the right side is much lower then the right. Between the title at the top and the author's name near the face is a blurb: "A fanged guillotine of a novel" - Clay McLeod Chapman
A bluray box from the Criterion Collection for The Red Shoes. It has a barcode and price sticker in the upper left corner and a silver sticker saying it's a "4K UHD + Blu-ray Combo Edition." The cover itself features a closeup of a woman's face wearing heavy theatrical makeup. There is sweat on her brow and she's gripping the sides of her head.
A screenshot of a text document showing how many trophies I've earned with each of my favorite girls that I DON'T already have Completionist for, in order of most to least. Hishi Amazon has 133 of 135 trophies. TM Opera O has 84, Rice Shower has moved into third place with 73, then Gold Ship has 69 (nice), followed by Agnes Tachyon with 51, and lastly poor Manhattan Cafe with 42.
Official photo of the polish, painted and taken by the blogger Cosmetic Sanctuary. She has short, highly rounded nails and is holding the bottle against her palm with her non-thumb fingers. The color is described as "a sky blue crelly nail polish with gold to green to red iridescent flakes and silver, red, and black metallic flakes."
A screenshot of a text document showing how many trophies I've earned with each of my favorite girls that I DON'T already have Completionist for, in order of most to least. Hishi Amazon has 133 of 135 trophies. TM Opera O has 84, then Gold Ship has 69 (nice), followed by Rice Shower is 55, then Agnes Tachyon with 51, and lastly my poor Manhattan Cafe with 42.
A screenshot of pulls 11 - 20 on the scout banner. Summer Gold Ship is in pull #5 and #6.
A screenshot of pulls 11 - 20 on the card banner. SSR Summer Maruzensky is pull #8.
A screenshot of pulls 1 - 10 on the new banner, pulled with tickets so the last girl isn't a 2*. Summer Gold Ship is on pull #9.
The comic by Sunny Street Comics used as a meme template. In the first panel, Gold Ship walks into a cubicle and announces "I'm gonna rap now!" The woman sitting in the cubical says "Awww, you're sweet." with a smile and there's a little heart next to her. In the bottom panel, Agnes Tachyon walks into the same cubical and also announces "I am going to rap now!" The same woman looks upset. She has picked up a phone and is saying "Hello, human resources?!" into it.
An umamusume screenshot of my Christmas Oguri Cap, smiling and waving after winning the Group B Cancer Cup for me. On the left side you can see her teammates were Grass Wonder and Symboli Rudolf. She won by 2 lengths. The announcer is saying, "No. 2 Oguri Cap wins it! She claims the Cancer Cup and writes her name into the history books."
Meme from Pop Team Epic. It's a two panel comic. In the top panel, a girl is holding a sledgehammer above her head like she's about to bring it down in a big strike. In front of her is a birdhouse I edited to have my current carat amount over it (81,991). She has a speech bubble saying "your mother fucking life ends four days from now." The second panel looks exactly the same as the first with no speech (she is waiting).
A screenshot of someone with short nails holding the bottle while wearing Her Dark Designs taken from Garden Path Lacquers' IG account. They describe the color as "a royal purple jelly base filled to the brim with purple holographic microglitter, black metallic microflakes, and a gorgeous aqua-to-blue shifting Aurora shimmer."
It is the NEW screen in umamusume depicting [O Sole Suo!] TM Opera O. There are no bonus star pieces displayed because I unlocked her with star pieces, not in the gatcha.
A set of four enamel pins depicting different characters from umamusume. A large pin of Agnes Digital shows her drooling with starry eyes and she looks up in a heart-shaped thought bubble. Two pins are displayed in the bubble - one of Manhattan Cafe (looking serious as she drinks her coffee) and the other of Tachyon (grinning as she holds up a steaming potion). Separate and below them is a pin of Rice Shower in her Halloween alt, making mock claws with her hands. The pins have been placed on a red plush blanket. The Tachyon pin is sticking up because its posts got bent in two different directions and I need pliers to try and fix them orz
An official photo of Rumpelstiltskin from Clionadh Cosmetics. A white person with short nails is holding the bottle to display the polish at an angle. The first three visible nails have a cat's-eye effect, looking for all the world like a tiger's eye gemstone. The final visible nail was done as velvet with a flatter magnetic sheen.
Screenshot from Umamusume. Zenno Rob Roy: I've been very shy and withdrawn since I was young, but then I read my first book, and it helped me start to expand my world. Zenno Rob Roy: I realized everyone is doing their best to live in this wide world of ours. And before I knew it, I found myself wanting to step out and join them. Zenno Rob Roy: That first book saved me. Even as I grew older and read many others, that one has always remained special.
A set of four different photographs of different people having their nails painted and holding a bottle of the polish to show it off. Revamp is described as a "blackened burgundy base with a pink-gold-green iridescent shimmer" and inspired by the color Rouge Noir from Chanel.
"New! [Sapphire Sojourn] Mejiro Dober" The image depicts Dober in a navy blue A-line lolita dress with white lace trimmings and ribbons, and a straw hat with a navy ribbon tied around it. She's smiling widely as a doberman pinscher licks her face. She's surrounded by shojo sparkles.
A screenshot from Black Phoenix Alchemy Lab's website, describing the perfume Nanggigigil Ako Sayo. The text reads: "Gigil. I don’t think there’s an exact translation for this in English, but this is basically Cuteness Aggression, Filipino-style. Good gigil is the feeling of being absolutely overwhelmed by cuteness – VIBRATING because of someone or something’s intense cuteness – like you JUST CANNOT HANDLE THIS LEVEL OF CUTENESS. It’s a feeling somewhere between adoration and agitation? The uncontrollable urge to squeeze someone’s cheeks? Clenching your teeth because you cannot handle the cuteness you are experiencing? The feeling you get when you see a puppy or kitten so cute that you want to cry or scream? I know y’all know what I’m talking about. So, what does nanggigigil ako sayo translate to? It’s sort of… I CANNOT HANDLE HOW CUTE YOU ARE. IF I DON’T SMORSH YOUR CHEEKS I AM GOING TO LOSE MY MIND. Ok, that’s not the literal translation, but you get the gist. (Bad gigil, on the other hand, is when you are about to go volcanic with irritation. When your eyes are watering and your hands are clenching and your teeth gnashing because you are frothing with frustration. There’s too much of that in the world right now, so we’re not going to go there. I’m all bag gigil’d out. I’ve had enough bad gigil to last me a hundred lifetimes.)"
Cover of the PS2 game Rule of Rose
Two stickers put on the lid of my closed laptop. Top sticker is Agnes Tachyon from Umamusume in a black and gold plug suit (from Evangelion). She is smiling wickedly as her long bangs covers one of her eyes. Over the suit is the lap coat from her Tach-nology racewear. In her right hand (which is covered by the long sleeves) she is holding a syringe. Below it is a wide sticker shaped like a badge. It says "Hishi Amazon Trainer" in all caps with a chibi drawing of Hishama on the left side.
Single panel comic from artist catcrumb. A white cat with blue eyes is sitting underneath the impression of a rose bush with pink flowers. She is wearing a wide-brimmed straw hat with a blue ribbon tied in place beneath her chin. She is gazing forward. There's a suggestion of grass beneath her. At the bottom is text that reads, in all lowercase letters, "a spectacular and dainty little miss has been spotted in the garden."
An official image of Imperial Stormtrooper. A closeup of a hand with long, squared off nails. The polish is showing the thermal effect with the top, cold color being black and the bottom, warm color being grey. There is a diagonal cats-eye line of magnetism across the warm-cold transition point.
Screenshot from Umamusume. Says: Graded League Group A - Qualified for the final round!
Screenshot from a Discord of a message from my partner. It's shown as a reply to me linking LRT. She is saying: Though for you it would be; “your desire for a maid stems from your lack of control, but your desire to BE a maid stems from your desire to be free of decisions. ……the really morally grey scientist I can’t really explain. Maybe look into therapy.”
Screenshot of the results of the Legend race against TM Opera O, on the track Spring Tenno Sho. First place goes to a C-rank Manhattan Cafe. Second place goes to the B-rank TM Opera O, who lost by 2 lengths. Third place is my S+ Agnes Tachyon, who normally kicks Opera's ass. She was 8 lengths behind her.
Manhattan Cafe from Umamusume is getting a Wedding alt in the next event in JP. Her dress is mostly black. It splits in the front in a high-low style. It has a white ombre effect and her right side is covered with blood-red roses. The ruffles at her wrists are also red. She's wearing a short black veil and her hair is completely pinned up.
[Nevertheless] Narita Taishin. Rank S+ 17,297 score. Epithet: Goddess. Speed 1200 / Stamina 639 / Power 1028 / Guts 1001 / Wit 768. Mile S. Skills: Nemesis Lvl 5, Louder! Tracen Cheer!, Professor of Curvature, Sleeping Lion, Masterful Gambit, Encroaching Shadow, Mile Straightaways 1, Unyielding Spirit, End Closer Straightaways 1, Lone Wolf, Playtime's Over!, Daring Strike, and Full of Vigor.
Hishi Amazon pumps her first in the hair after winning a race. It's overcast. She won by 3/4th of a length. The announcer is saying, "Coming out in front of that electrifying battle, Hishi Amazon wins the Sprinters Stakes!"
Champion's Meeting (CM) Taurus Cup Round 2 Race 5. My S+ Kawakami Princess (No. 4 Favorite) places first by 1 and 1/4th Lengths. Second place is a UG Sakura Chiyono O (No. 2 Fav) and third place is a UG Mihono Bourbon (No. 1 Fav). I censored their names out of courtesy but both UGs were from different players.
Seraphina, a miqo'te woman with pink hair and glasses, wearing a frilly, lolita maid dress. She is smiling while holding a feather duster and using it to clean her bookshelves. Behind her is a front room set containing a white and gold armchair, a matching couch, a low wooden table with a tea set on it, and a Mandragora Queen flower vase with red flowers. The floor is stone tile.
Kawakami Princess, S Rank, score of 15,849. Epithet: Goddess. Speed 1200 / Stamina 758 / Power 1066 / Guts 564 / Wit 856. Skills are: A Princess Must Seize Victory! Lvl 4, Let's Pump Some Iron!, Moving Past and Beyond, Firm Course Menace, Professor of Curvature, Breath of Fresh Air, Ramp Up, No Stopping Me!, Late Surger Straightaways O, Late Surger Corners O, Tail Held High, Fighting Spirit, and Eager.
Kawakami Princess winning a Room Match mimicking the upcoming Taurus Cup. She is Rank S and was the number 5 favorite. She won by 2 and 1/2 lengths. Second place is a Rank SS Valentine Eishin Flash (number 1 favorite). Third place is a Rank S+ Nice Nature (number 4 favorite). Fourth place, just barely visible, is a Rank S+ Manhattan Cafe.
The most common drawing of Tiktaalik, the first animal to crawl out of the sea. They have a flat kind of aligator-like head, a long body, and four fins used to "walk" on. They are green. They are shown moving out of the water past a clump of scraggly sedge and onto land.
A screenshot of Agnes Tachyon's aptitudes. Surface Turf A / Dirt G Distance Short G / Mile D / Medium A / Long B
Agnes Digital waves to the audience after winning the last race I needed for the title. It's pouring rain. She won by 5 lengths. The announcer is saying: "It's Agnes Digital! A perfect victory! She didn't let anyone catch up to her! That's the Kokura Daishoten! Agnes Digital claims victory!"
My partner, on Discord: i say this with utmost love; hon. you are the gayest ace I know
[Tach-nology] Anges Tachyon. S+ Rank: 16,844. Epithet: Faster than Light. Speed 1200 / Stamina 707 / Power 1129 / Guts 606 / Wit 738. Skills: U=ma2 Lvl 5, Baracole of Blessings, Nakayama Racecourse 1, Standard Distance 1, Processfor of Curvature, Race Planner, Speed Star, Killer Tunes, Hesitant Front Runners, Medium Straightaways 1, Medium Corners 1, Straight Descent, Tail Held High, Playtime's Over!, Neck and Neck (not pictured).
A screenshot of the umamusume New Years Haru Urara winning the final Trackblazer Climax race by 1 and 3/4 lengths. She waves to the audience as the announcer says, "Haru Urara! She took first place with indomitable determination, like a beautiful spring ending a long, bitter winter!"
Pull screen for [Nevertheless] Narita Taishin. Shows 60 star pieces and 20 statues because I already own her.
The pull screen for (Festival) [Autumn Cosmos] Gold City. Shows a bonus of 60 star pieces and 20 statues because I already own her.
Summer training in Classic Year. Sweep Tosho, Kitasan Black, and Narita Top Road are all rainbow and lined up in Speed. I have a 60% megaphone and a speed anklet active, resulting in +59 + 53 to Speed, +36 +32 to Power, and +13 +11 to Skill Pts. The training has a 15% fail rate because I had no energy drinks, but I succeeded!