Connor's room number is C-04 he said his goodbyes to Sohan who was in the B building. Each place has an empty reception area and high-speed elevators that lead up to everyone's designated floors. Connor's was just on the first floor and he walked through the teal carpeted corridor. His room was near the very end of it he didn't say any of his greetings to his neighbors and walked in to hop on his soft twin XL bed next to another.
Connor wasn't all too tired since he spent enough time outside the time dilated space equivalent to 4 or so hours inside the space. So during this time, he thought he'd practice his superpower for a bit and so he crossed his legs. Closing his eyes he visualized the space around him, a table, a balcony, a door to enter and exit the room next to his in case of an emergency but what he focuses on is the other bed next to him around 2 meters away; he feels his mana forming a copy of his form on that bed and suddenly, Whoosh! He disappears from his spot but rather than landing cross-legged on the bed like in his mind, he falls headfirst on the floor!
"Ah shit!" he grumbles in pain luckily he's sturdier than a human in the past who would've broken something or fallen unconscious. "Man why is teleporting so annoying I can teleport up to 15 meters away if I can see the direction, but I can't use it even up to 2 fucking meters when I can't see."
Connors superpower he received at 10 is teleportation, he can technically use it without mana but he'd have no control over where'd he goes in a 50-meter radius. It's a 4-star superpower so around 1 in 100 people would receive it meaning among the remaining examinees' probability say 4 others would have an ability of the same rarity as 35% at least so far have left the original 600 or so who participated. A lot who receive these sort of manaless supernatural abilities can use mana as a sort of conduit to control them.
There's no known reason as to why humans received supernatural abilities after they receive mana but it has been their greatest asset when comparing their lacking physique to other existing races. A lot of people then choose their elemental affinities according to their elemental potential and to accommodate their powers.
Around 3 hours pass and even though it isn't time for dinner Connor decides to find a cafeteria to munch on some snacks since he's a bit run dry from the practice. It was time to get his lazy game on~ so h found a map in the reception hall that showed where special areas can be found and found that the cafeteria is in dorm D of the 4 dorms that appeared from "the god damn ground!" As Connor so nicely put it in his head when it happened.
The cafeteria was wide and spacious with about enough room to fit in 200 people on all the long benches and tables. Speaking of long tables in the center there was a long line of dispensers with different names written on them.
There was an image that had an icon of various food and drinks, with digital displays supposedly scanners to read the key when Connor out loud, "What does this thing do?" and then there was a *BEEP!* sound with a response in an accent similar to Connors own; a smooth slightly high pitched voice resounded next to him "If you scan your key card on either right or left there will be a holographic display showing different foods you can acquire based on your choice in your preferred amount."
"Woah! Who said that where are you!?
"Me? Why I am only the AI that takes care of most organization features in this branch of the RCA, why I am quite surprised that you seemed so shocked at my existence..."
"Let's just say I've been quite sheltered since I spent most of my time studying training so you are an AI? Why are you using my voice."
"I see, we use the voice of who talks to us because it improves my ratings."
"Ratings?"
"Yes, but sorry I cannot state anymore about my function or my origins, for now, you can ask me anywhere on campus with a scanner to ask for an items use. More features can be revealed if you enter the academy."
'Alright, could you explain the items on the menu I've never heard of some of these things."
So Connor asks away and the AI answers patiently until eventually, Connor lands on what he wants, he thanks the AI by habit and goes on his merry way. Humming a tune he searches for an eating buddy since he doesn't know anyone and hasn't had practice when talking to others.
It happens that few had the same desire to come to eat at that time, so Connor looked for someone to interact with but when he notices that everyone was already sitting in their own friend groups that they had, he decided to find someone else currently alone like him.
He's about to give up but the lady luck smiles upon him and finds near the corner of the cafeteria a gloomy-looking person, he walks up and finds a black-haired beauty looking up at him with mild annoyance.
Connor rejoices at finding someone with an honest expression on his first try and so he politely asks, "Mind if I sit here?"
"Don't talk to me today."
"Okay!"
He grabs a seat next to her and lays his tray of food on the table, she's a bit surprised by this action cause who would not get the hint when someone says to not talk to them?
"Um... you did hear me right?"
Connor nods and she realizes he doesn't plan on talking to her. She doesn't really mind that he didn't catch the hint, since she's pretty proficient at tuning others out.
Connor doesn't feel the least bit disappointed at not hatching a conversation, from what he's learned friendships apparently take a long time to form and everyone has their own pace. Well, Connor's proficient at being patient with others except for his aunt on occasion.
So Connor looks at his tray instead of his neighbor and proceeds to enjoy his dunch. He forgot the name of the dish he ordered apparently it is one from a place called the ethereal realm. What is available in the rather small populous of his town doesn't provide too much information on the other existing realms.
Yellow color and meat-like texture the dish has the aroma of a whole lot of cheesy products. From its description, it provides the most required nutrients to the human body while being easy to produce and pretty alright tasting. The taste in question is a balance of sweet and smokey while it is pretty chewy to bite.
According to the AI, it is a popular side dish in most named cities and works great with any drink that's fizzy it fruity flavored. For Connor, this kind of cheesy type dish is his jam but he's never been the type to relish a dish for a long time. It was beginning to cool down from its warm temperature so Connor just stuffs a couple of large spoonfuls into his mouth finishing the dish as fast as possible.
He only has some water on his side and gulps the rest down with a satisfied look on his face. Meanwhile, the girl who Connor didn't pay attention to was just staring at him and remained utterly silent as he enjoyed his food then going back to whatever she was doing...