A ticking clock sounds across the apartment. Milk light of moon seeping in through the windows. The door downstairs is heard slamming as feet slowly trudge up the stairs. A figure enters the room, flicking on a light and hanging bags. They head over to the coffee machine. Starting the machine. They set about their night, A exhausted huff into a computer chair and the sound of a computer wiring to life with the press of a button. 

On the screen, they see a box with two buttons one for YES and one for NO. Small ornate designs all around it with a small fire sprite sitting on top of the box. They sit there for a minute. “Did I get a virus?” They mumble to themself. They try to click off the menu box, but with no result.

In a moment of extreme exhaustion, they click the YES. A beam of light shoots up and around their body. Then they're gone. The apartment goes quiet again with the subtle ticking accompanied by a gurgling of the coffee machine.

Somewhere else entirely a shapeless form is sifting through options as their hair changes shape and color with each click. 

  - Please select a gender-

Selecting female, making herself just a little taller than she was before. Making her hair long and wavy like she always wanted. She selects something audacious that she was never allowed with the choice of silver hair. 

“It's a dream anyway so I might as well be whoever I want.” She thinks to herself as she adds a few more touches and then says finished.  "I don't remember falling asleep." she muses to herself. 

  - What is your name?-

She starts typing Louis, then stops backspaces and puts in Sara Elizabeth Lawry. 

“Welcome Sara to Elysium. “ A robotic overhead voice says “Please for your last thing select an element and a location.” The large menu changes from the name input to a series of symbols in a range of colors and a large map. Symbols across the map implying that there are parties. some full, a few only having three of the four members. 

“Please select an element and a location.” The voice says one more time in that same robotic voice. Sara selects a gray cloud. She takes a moment to see if there is any more information about the locations. After seeing none, she says "Okay, let's see what this does." she clicks a location. 

Rays of light start to strip her apart till she feels herself being transported. A large sense of falling begins before the abrupt stop at the bottom.  

Pain ripples through her back as she hits the ground. The pain reinforces this isn't a dream. Slowly getting to her knees she looks around as the dust clears. In front of her, she sees three people laying in the dirt. 

One stands and his hand going to their neck with a frown. He like her obviously tried to make himself attractive, slender looks with a brown tuff on their heads. He looked basic besides green eyes and a long brain behind their left ear.

 She watched them for a bit while he turned to one of the people laying on the ground and said with a deep raspy voice "Can you stand?". He then bent down to help the other up. It was then that she snapped out of it as she heard a shuffling noise and turned to look. At the person beside her. 

Stunned by what's happened she did nothing but watch as She stood. Her closed their eyes and stretched their back putting two hands on her hips. Long wavy green hair swayed as she tilted from side to side, her back made cracking sounds as she did.  It was then that she noticed the oddities of their situation as she finally sees a name tag above this person's head. 

  - F Rosa Pinsky level 1-

It didn't tell her anything else about what was happening but it made the situation just a bit more hard to believe. Looking around she sees that the braid bro has a tag as well.

  - M Stephen Blackwell level 1-

And the last person, who was now standing with the help of Stephan, had only one name. All it said was a question mark, Percival, and they were level 1 as well, unsurprising really.  Getting a good look at them now that their standing, their appearance was easier to look at than the rest, soft features and light purple eyes. Fluffy black hair with the back longest bit pulled into a puffy ponytail, long red ribbons tired to keep it up.

She hears them say "Sorry to use you as a cane, my legs didn't work in the last life, not used to standing." They smile bright as they move a leg in wonder. Putting a foot on the ground too and picking it up again. They continued to lean against Stephan as they try to stabalize themselves.

Stephan turns to the others and says "My name is Stephen Blackwell."  He holds his s hand out to her, "Nice to meet you-" stopping as he looks above Sara's head and smiles sheepishly.

Sara shakes his hand and says "it's ok I didn't notice them at first either." With a rueful smile.

A cough was heard beside them and rosa said "Rosa" she states in a informal greeting with a smile. "and It's nice to meet you too." She kept her hand to herself as she did a small bow place of a handshake. 

Sara looks around the area taking in the brightly colored orange and reds of the trees. The leaves that are slowly falling off them ever so often, suffering down to join the other fallen. The area seems more like a campground the more she looks at it. Paths well used branching off the area leading to unknown regions.

At some point, Percy had let go of Stephen and started slowly moving with shaky legs around walking in the clearing. They wandered over to the edge and then said "Guys come over here quick." Starting directly in front of themselves, they mentally tapped the air looking at something unseen too the rest of them.

The other three walked over and we're treated by a drop-down menu.

  - Skill point acquired: Please select a skill-

Sara looks at the options and remembers back to all the isakai anime she watched and what skills were seen as important, and then shouted "Appraisal!" In an excited voice and selected that. The rest seemed to have selected skills of their own. Stephan looked at her with a look of confusion. 

Appraisal?" He asked with the sound of judgment in his voice. "Why? They are better sounding spells than that."

She smiles and then turns to a fern on the ground and says "Appraisal." A drop-down menu with information like would be seen in an encyclopedia. 

"Now I know what we can eat and uses. It probably can tell me stuff about you guys too." She states matter of flatly. and raises her hand to Mercy and actives the ability. She immediately felt bad as it gave away more information than she anticipated, skills and levels come up like a normal MMO, and then she reads the words previous gender : hehim. New gender: redacted. It gets down some more and gets too mental weakness. She shuts the power off quickly before her mind registers anything else. 

She looks away, and then whispers "I'm sorry. I didn't think it would tell me more than fantasy game information. Mental illnesses are now on displaying this world I guess." She tappers off uncomfortable about just how much a stranger could learn.

Percy looks uncomfortable as they less ask and more orders "Don't do it unless I ask from now on, please." They look at the setting sun and say "We need to get a move on. We don't know what could be out here at night, my original world was scary enough. She turns around to see Percival pick up a long stick and cast a spell on it under their breath. The stick changes shape and becomes a staff that could double as a walking stick. 

They all turn to rosa as she says Locate the nearest town." A ball of light appears above her hand and becomes a small fairy. The fairy starts flying down one of the paths. They all shrug and make a move to follow it. 

A bit down the path Stephen says "So you all! Choose utility spells. They will come in hand a lot but can any of you fight?" They all go silent as they slowly walk down the path. Rosa in the lead hoping the spell worked and they will find a place to stay.