Water drips from the cold stone ceiling through Renans incorporeal body and onto the floor, the maid awkwardly leads him down the stairs and into a dimly lit room covered in dust and spider webs.
"P..please take a pick for your vessel" she stiffens up and bows to the left of Renan before stumbling up the stairs.
He looks around the silent room and into the first cell seeing a frail old man, his white beard unkempt and full of dirt, the man's wheeze breaks the silence causing Renan to jump back and chuckle to himself.
Mumbling comes from the end of the room as Renan follows the other cells further down the room, at the very end a man with long greasy hair sits hugging his knees and muttering to himself.
Renan walks into the cell passing through the bars and looks down at the man, he prods and pokes at the air then slams his hands against the wall in anger and begins to mutter to himself once again.
Reban inches closer and closer until his inches from the man, something pulls Renans attention to the man's chest where he can see a clear orb with blue and purple swirling inside of it. He reaches out but hesitates before touching it, he crouches next to the man and waves his hand Infront of the prisoners eyes but there is no reaction. Renan reaches for the orb and hesitates once more.
"Mr Renan" the maid from before shouts from the stairs causing him to lurch forward in surprise accidently touching the orb.
His consciousness is ripped from the floating body for mana and forced into the orb pushing out the deep blue and purple replacing it with a bright silver and white.
"Mr Renan" the maid squeaks from the stairs.
Renan opens his eyes and looks down seeing the hands of the prisoner where his should be, his body feels light and flexible but leaves him feeling uneasy.
"Yes I'm here" his voice is hoarse and his body aches as he lifts himself off of the floor.
"Um the doctor said to confirm it was you before letting you out so could you please tell me your teachers name" she walks towards the cell and stops a few feet away from the bars, she clutches a set of keys in her hands and holds them tightly to her chest.
"Mr Tanaka" he walks to the bars and attempts to smile at the maid but his beard is too thick for the smile to be seen.
She opens the door and leads him upstairs and through a beautiful white hallway with a marble floor and a red carpet, he leaves ash grey footprints as he follows closely behind her. she opens a door and inside is a large bath, she ushers him inside and follows him in. Renan freezes when she follows him inside and opens his mouth to talk but no words come out.
"I will help you wash and then we will cut your hair" she brings over a bucket of water and pours it over him.
The dirt wahses off of him and dyes the water trickling down his naked body to a earthy brown colour. She leads him under a tap and turns it on drenching him in warm water, he starts to cry as the water trickles down his body.
"Oh uh w..what's wrong?" She drops her cloth and tries to comfort Renan.
He sobs, finally able to feel his tears pour down his face, she reaches out and hugs him only making him sob harder.
After the shower his long thick hair is cut revealing a handsome face scarred by battle and a body to match. He is given basic clothes and brought back to the doctors office.
"Excuse me everyone but this is your friend" the maid points to Renan and quickly scurries away.
"Renan?" Darin looks up from his seat and up at renan with surprise.
"Yeah it is me just a uh different body" he let's out an awkward laughs and inspects his hands.
"They just told us the names not what we can do, mines called glutton" Darin sulks as Renan chuckles.
"You look very different" Lyra walks up to him and stares deeply into Renans eyes causing his face to turn red and making him turn away. Darin and Mr Tanaka approach him whilst the others are either having a breakdown or attempting to comfort eachother.
"They're going to split the class in two, the ones with the ability to learn magic will go to a magic school and the ones who can't will be taught how to use a weapon. I'm sorry but you, lyra and Roman will have to do this by yourselves" Mr Tanaka puts his arm on Renans shoulder before walking back to the rest of the class.
Both Lyra and Renan nod and look at Roman who's trying to calm down the others.
"What can you do?" Renan's voice quivers as he turns to Lyra.
She stretches out her hand and a sword appears, it's hilt is white with accents if gold and it's blade a beautiful platinum colour.
"Your transport is here" the knight from before appears in the doorway.
The class follows the knight to the front gate of the castle where four carriages with several knights waiting, Lyra, Roman and Renan are escorted from the class towards the front carriage.
"Darin I'll see you soon" Renan shouts out as he climbs into the carriage.
"We'll have to go eat some cool fantasy food" Darin waves goodbye as Renan's coach starts to move.
Renan sits looking around the interior of the carriage, his hand glides across the red velvet seats and dragsas he reaches the hard wood.
"What even is your power dude" Roman stares across at Renans new face in shock.
"I think I like possess people but I'm not sure" Renan looks down squeezing his hands together.
"What about you what do you do?" Lyra spreads out across her side of the carriage.
"He said it was called temper" Roman shrugs trying not to seem annoyed.
"So you just get angry then?" Renan and Lyra chuckle.
A few minutes of quite contemplation pass before someone speaks.
"Do you think we can see our abilities and level like in a video game?" Renan blurts out whilst looking out the window at the scenery.
"Dunno never really played games" Roman shrugs again, both him and Lyra stare at Renan.
Renan squirms in his seat and his face turns red as he tries to ignore their gazes, Lyra chuckles and sits up looking at the two of them.
"Look we don't know these people so we need to stick together alright." She gives both of them a serious look, they both nod and the silence returns.