There was an endless plain of infinite white space without a hint of darkness, only 10 ordinary high school students standing in it. They looked confused because nobody knew why or how they got here in the middle of the colourless void, perhaps they died in some kind of radiation or got abducted by aliens. Only person was happy about this predicament, Ryan who normally quite reserved now with an unexplainable vigour shouted:

"Yes! I can finally shine! What kind of cheat skill do I get? Invisibility? Maybe I can copy skills? Or is it super strength?" - This made us even more annoyed than we already were.

"Can't you comprehend the situation? We don't know the slightest bit of information on how we ended up here or why we got abducted." - Said Abigail, but when she finished speaking Ryan immediately retorted with an overwhelming excitement.

"No, you simply don't understand we were chosen to save a another world from destruction!"

"Stop your delusions and start thinking, who would be so incompetent to choose high school students for that?" - Thomas, the typical athletic guy, argued in subtle anger and to this Ryan couldn't come up with a valid response.

"Let's not fight with each other, instead we should start searching for some way to escape from here!" - Abigail issued an understandable command, but right on cue a hightech deep purple semi-transparent window appeared in front of everyone.

[Hello system users!] - After lightly tapping it another popped up as this one slowly vanished.

[Name: James Wram]

[Confirm to continue with Class(C), Ability(A), Trait(T), Element(E) and Equipment(eq.) summoning] - 'Huh, so we don't get the chance to actually select it for ourselves.'

"What do you mean by that I don't get any cheat skill, can I roll again? This is the worst thing in gacha games!"

"Shut up and wake up, the world doesn't revolve around you!" - We only heard a tongue click from Ryan in annoyance.

Glancing back to my system window several options appeared:

[You may choose 5 from the following results:

* Farmer(C): You can grow crops slightly easier.

* Spike head(A): You can protrude one small spike from anywhere on your head.

* Iron stomach(T): You can eat metals and metal based poisons no longer effective against you.

* Powerlifter(C): You can lift really heavy objects for a short period of time.

* Osmium(E): Your astral wavelength will be automatically attuned to this element.

* Sticky hands(A): Your hands will be able to stick to objects.

* Rubber duck(eq.): A simple yellow rubber duck.

* Chainmail(eq.): A simple long sleeve iron chainmail.

* Heavy warrior(C): You gain a slight powerboost from wearing a metal armour.

* Hair growth(A): You can grow your hair at will.

* Forgetful memories(T): You can forget certain memories at will.

* Sloth(E): Your astral wavelength will be automatically attuned to this element.

* Half-mithril/steel claymore(eq.): A cyan claymore made from mithril and steel.

* Bad singer(T): In your singing there will always be some dissonance.

* Sourness(E): Your astral wavelength will be automatically attuned to this element. ]

'Okay, I can immediately rule out Farmer(C), Spike head(A), Sticky hands(A), Rubber duck(eq.), Bad singer(T). Maybe I should try asking the system what the Elements are.' - Just as I thought that the system window appeared to answer my question.

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[Element: It is the type of astral energy that your body can accept and store.] - 'Then what is astral energy?'

[Astral energy: It is a collective term for the supernatural energies.]

"How about we each reveal our chosen options?" - Abigail asked and everyone nodded in unison, of course except Ryan Who adamantly protested.

"NO, you should not tell your status to anyone, it is personal information."

"Once again THINK, how can we misuse that information in this situation!"

"Calm down Tom. It was my idea so I will start, I chose Warlock(C), High focus(A), Intimidating aura(T), Earth(E), Blue coat(eq.)."

"Right, you have a good synergy. My choices are: Heavy warrior(C), Iron stomach(T), Osmium(E), Chainmail(eq.) and a Steel claymore(eq.)." - I said it with a bit of confidence, but then I was quickly disappointed when I heard Ryan's laughter.

"Hahaha, You are literally Ironman!" - Thomas got more annoyed by the smug chuckle.

"Then say it if yours is any better!" - Abigail eager to change the subject asked me:

"Wait, what happens when you haven't selected an ability?" - I shrugged and answered:

"The system left it blank, perhaps we can gain more abilities."

"It is understandable that you couldn't get an overpowered skill like me."

"You don't need any kind of gift, because you already have a talent at making people irritated. Say it instead of laughing!"

After what felt like an eternity we finally managed to get everybody's stats. It turned out Ryan chose a slingshot, for this information we had to plead with him for 17 minutes straight. It seems we all had reasonable statistics, we weren't over or underpowered, it was around the middle. Just as we started speculating about the other world and planning ahead for different scenarios, a new system window appeared.

[Synchronisation complete. Begin teleportation in 10... 9... 8... 7... 6... 5... 4... 3... 2... 1... 0]

When the count down hit zero we were blinded by the moving iridescent multi-colored luminous particles, and suddenly severe nausea affected us in multiple waves. We simply couldn't stay conscious and collapsed to the pure white floor.