As the large track course came to view, Kincsem herself was shocked at the size of the building. Able to seat over one hundred thousand people, it was a grand structure and the largest one she had seen in both lifetimes.
It was much larger than what she had envisioned, and larger than any venue back home. As to be expected by one of the most prestigious Asian race tracks in the entire world, it held both National G1 races within Japan and international ones such as the Japan Cup.
Getting outside of the vehicle, quite a few members of Tracen rushed over to greet both the Birthday girl and Kincsem, all of them trying to introduce themselves without letting anyone else go first to speak, as an arm was slung over Kincsem.
It was TM Opera O's arm as she cackled with that signature laugh of hers, as she presented her cousin as though she was the bride of a party. "Hello, everyone! I thank you all for arriving here on my cousin's twelfth birthday! She recently arrived here from Hungary and so I had to make a worthy birthday party for her."
As some began to clap, TM Opera O's mother began to speak. "Thanks to external help, we've been able to rent out the venue for this private event. So I hope you all enjoy today. It is meant to be a fun day today. Though I'd hate to see my nephew knocked out cold from another race…"
She said, slightly joking, yet peering straight at her daughter, reminding her of what had occurred two days prior, as Opera House stopped talking, with some people instantly coming up in front of Kincsem's face to greet her personally.
"Hiya! I'm Haru Urara!" One person said, in an exuberant tone as she clasped her hand lightly, shaking it in excitement; "Happy birthday!" Whilst another Uma Musume with a more tired, foreign clothing style spoke to Kincsem.
"Ah.. Happy Birthday. Name's Stay Gold." She said, in a slightly monotonous voice, peering up a bit towards Kincsem due to her short stature. Yet she couldn't continue to discuss with Kincsem any further, as others began to swamp her with their own introductions.
As the crowd began to encircle Kincsem, she felt suffocated from all sides by their insistent discussion, from asking about her hobbies to other personal stuff. Even as random as to what she liked to eat, as one person walked towards Kincsem, coughing lightly as it caught the attention of the others.
"...Prez? What are you doing here?" Some of them asked, as she began to talk. "You guys should enter the venue now. Anyways I was simply just interested in her, so I might as well just join in on the fun. End of the year now so I should take a well deserved break as student president." Tugging on Kincsem to move along.
A line of people converged as they all began to enter the building. With the ability to practically free roam it, a few split up into separate groups, whilst the majority hung around with Kincsem. Deciding on what to do to pass the time, they all began to list ideas out, such as hide and seek or other games.
"Guys! How about.. Reverse hide and seek? We will have Kincsem hide and if you find her, you join her!" Haru Urara said, as others began to contemplate the idea. A collective agreement spurred up from the group as they decided to count to three hundred to make sure Kincsem found a good position.
"Three.. Two.. one.. You may begin!" The group said in unison, As she bolted through the halls, which stretched vast in length as she went for the staircases. Reading the signage, she looked for any potential good areas, from private rooms, to the stands.
Yet the only good spot seemed to be within the cafeteria, as she glanced for hiding positions, with behind some of the booths being a good idea. Hopping inside of it, the location was a slightly small space but definitely a good hiding spot, and so she waited.
Sitting in the cubicle, she waited. With five minutes turning to ten minutes, nobody had come close yet. But as though with the senses of a hawk, a lone girl looked around, seemingly timid. Wearing a navy blue bowler hat, she started staring at potential places, before looking down directly
"Ah.. Hello. Uhm.. mind if I sit here..?" She asks, as Kincsem nods. She gets inside and sits opposite of her, "I'm Rice shower by the way.." As they begin to make slight small talk, pausing if people were to get nearby to them as to not get caught directly.
Yet after half an hour had passed, only two others had discovered the pair of them. However, due to their disappearance it had begun to be more obvious to some of the acutely perceptive Uma Musume, as they retraced their steps and found the group that were hiding.
"Who do you all think will be last?" One asked, as another replied "It will definitely be Matikanetannhauser!" As debates began to happen at who'd be last, the final few had banded together just to not be considered last officially, hearing the voices of the rest of the people, they finally met back up.
"Well, guess you guys are the losers! Better luck next time!~" TM Opera O said, her competitive nature flaring up as they all finally left their hiding spots, cramps developing on both Kincsem and Rice Shower's legs especially
"What are we planning to do next..?" Another classmate asked, yet the answer was written not by their speaking but by the body, as some of their stomachs rumbled in hunger. Flushed from such embarrassment, Haru Urara clasped her hands.
"I guess it's decided! We shall go eat lunch first, then after. Have a few other games and maybe finally then we can truly celebrate this birthday!" With the group deciding to descend downstairs to try to find the rest in order to continue with the day.