Teammates

As they all waited, Jack was getting a bit impatient. Honestly, this was very boring. He would rather just sleep right now, but he wouldn't want to be rusty or half asleep when the matches begin. Suddenly, a voice hit his ears. 

"So what's up with the mask? not like I am judging. Well, honestly, I am." Jack turned around to see the blue-eyed teammate of his, as he could only sigh. "Uh, well, it comes with the armor, you see," he tried to lie, making it so obvious that even Toki's eyes twitched. "Uh, that's a weird design choice. Well, as I said, I don't judge. So what do you used to do before this whole mess started?" Toki asked to satisfy his curiosity. It's not like he was actually interested, but it was better than being bored.

"I was working in the stock market," Jack said as he sighed, thinking about the good old days when times weren't this hard. 

"So you were a gambler? Listen, dude, it's not a bad thing if you like to play with odd, but isn't that an unstable career?" Toki asked, almost making a pitiful face and making Jack mad if anything.

"Do you even know how the stock market works?" He asked Toki, not expecting much of an answer. 

"It goes up and down, right?" Toki said it with the most oblivious and honest face, making Jack feel bad for him honestly. "Yeah, I expected much," he sighed as he left Toki alone since he can put up with beasts, but idiots were much harder. He looked at Hana, who was smoking her fourth cigarette. That girl is not going to have a long life at this rate. He wondered if he should try and go talk to her, but the annoyance on her face and the stupid smile on Tokis explained that she had enough human interaction for today. 

Meanwhile, Dustin seemed to be nowhere; he wondered where he could have gone, as sooner or later the 30 minutes passed by and all teams were formed. Dustin also came back after a bit with a tired look on his face. "Where did you go even?" Before Justin could answer, a screen popped up in front of all of them.

[Game selection will now begin.]

They all found themselves being teleported, and before they knew it, everyone was gone. The four of them were teleported into a room with a screen and a button in the middle of the room.

[Pressing the button will generate a random game, and the team matching that game will play against you. Anyone can press the button.]

[10 minutes left before auto-selection]

This was rather convenient. Jack grabbed Toki's collar as he tried to walk forward and sighed. "Don't even think about it." Toki looked almost a bit sad, but he realized it would be rather unfair if he just went ahead and pressed it. 

"I think I should press any objections." Hana couldn't care less. Toki's vote didn't count, so it was up to Jack. 

"Actually, do you mind if I do? I have a trait that makes randomized things be in my favor more," he realized, realizing speaking about his abilities might do him more good than bad, but right now they were teammates, so there was no issue in revealing his hand. 

"Yoo, what is a trait, though?" Jack just gave Toki. Are you serious? While he left Toki for Dustin so that he could explain it to him, He walked towards the button and took a breath before pressing it. 

[A random game is being selected.]

Everyone was holding their breath as the wheel spun, finally stopping at...

[Congratulations! The flag has been selected.]

"That's... not bad, I guess." Dustin was the one who spoke this time as he looked around at everyone in the room. Hana only sighed, while Toki was somehow excited. I swear to God that idiot will not live long at this rate. That made Jack wonder how he even survived until now. Well, that was a mystery for another day, it seemed. 

Dustin looked at everyone and, seeing that they were finally alone, asked them. "Okay, so let's share our skills so that I can decide who will attack and who will defend."

Hana nodded, as she was the one to speak first. "I can turn my body to smoke and control it for a limited amount of time; during this time, I am invulnerable to physical damage but can still touch stuff. My class skills are useless right now, that's all." She explained and did not speak more as Justin nodded and sighed with Toki next.

"Ugh, I can turn an entire area dark for a limited amount of time and rain down light pillars from the sky that will make whoever gets hit by them unable to move. Oh, I can also manipulate blood to a certain extent."

Dustin nodded and looked at Jack before Jack explained his skills, keeping his blacksmithing and extra skills a secret and saying he didn't have a class. Just because he decided to be nice and share doesn't mean he had to share everything. 

Dustin nodded, thinking about it. "Alright, I can change my face and body to make it look like anyone else I have touched. No classes, but my extra skill lets me turn invisible for exactly 1 minute. That being said, here's the plan." Everyone nodded as the plan was set and the first match would soon begin.