Outside a major wizard academy

The wind cuts through the narrow streets of your town, biting at your skin as you stand in line outside the looming, dark silhouette of the vast and expansive wizard academy. Your hands tremble—not from the cold, but from the weight of the strange, unfamiliar world you’ve been thrust into.

The academy ahead looks more like a fortress than a place of learning. Its spires claw at the sky, twisted and jagged, as if to mock anything that would dare suppress it. You, along with many others from your town and the surroundings—faces you scarcely recognize—stand in a line, awaiting your entry and talent appraisal by the man overseeing this batch's enrollment. You were chosen, one of the lucky ones, a promising child selected by the town officials.

As you are waiting, the man suddenly exclaims, "Ah, what a surprise! A tier 3 water element constitution!"

The child in front of him, probably no more than 15 years of age, looks quite smug as he is being praised. Judging by his attire, clearly this is the scion of some wealthy family.

After an appreciative nod and slight pause he continues, "This will make for excellent material." he turns to some of the strong-looking servants beside him. "Take him to be separated. Send the blood to the Water Tower, the flesh to the golem department, the organs to the necromancers, and the bones to the floral division."

You hear the boy scream in horror as he is being dragged away. Then the overseer turns to you all after seeing your fear-stricken faces, "Oh, no need to worry young students. Here at the Exalted Saint Wizard Academy we make the best use of all resources we receive. His talent can make for potent tonics and study material, but most of you would not be given that honor with your poor innate talent. The best use of you all will be labor in whatever department suits you."

Before you all get a chance to process what just happened, he calls out, "Next!"

As you struggle to come to terms with your current situation, a virtual system screen suddenly appears before you:

Regression System Successfully Activated

Number of Regressions: 0
Talents: None
Notable Treasures: None

__Current Stats:__
STR: 5
AGI: 5
CON: 5
INT: 5
WILL: 5

Mana Pool Quantity: Level 0 (No mana present)
Mana Quality: Tier 1 (Capable of basic spells)

You are nearing the front of the line. It will be your turn soon.

What would you like to do?