[Ashura POV]
Beep, beep, beep, beep, beep.
Hearing his alarm Ashura woke up and hit the snooze button on his alarm. But the alarm did not go off. Ashura kept hitting the snooze button but it would not go off. Having had enough he threw the alarm into the wall but the beeping still didn't stop. Ashura sat up, annoyed out of his mind. He looked around and found the source of his morning annoyance. Sitting on his desk was Cyn, constantly making his alarm sound. After seeing that Ashura was awake Cyn stopped making the beeping noise and smiled.
{Good morning. Did you sleep well?}
"Would've been perfect had you decided not to be annoying."
Ashura said while rubbing his eyes.
{You would have gone back to sleep had I not been an annoyance.}
"No I wouldn't!"
{Deadpan. Really.}
"Ok maybe I would have gone back to sleep but only for like five minutes."
Cyn didn't respond and just looked at him with a deadpan look. Seeing this Ashura just looked away.
"I liked it better when I didn't have a system. At least I could have slept as late as I wanted."
Cyn appeared right in front of Ashura's face.
{But then you would have continued living your life knowing that there was a very high chance that you would have been killed by a stray devil. After all, you do live in Kouh.}
Cyn said while looking straight into Ashura's eyes with that signature murderous smile.
"Ok ok, I'm up geez."
Seeing that Ashura wasn't complaining anymore Cyn appeared on his desk again. A screen then appeared in front of Ashura, showing him a notification.
{+ bronze ticket}
Looking at the screen Ashura asked.
"So can you explain to me how I get tickets."
{Everyday you receive a bronze ticket. In order to get higher ranked tickets, you will need to combine a certain amount of the same ranked ticket in order to get another ranked ticket. For example, you will need to combine 7 bronze tickets in order to get 1 silver ticket. The same will apply to silver tickets. You will need to combine a certain amount of silver tickets in order to obtain a gold ticket.}
"Mm. ok, can you tell me how much of each ticket I need to combine to get the next ranked ticket."
Cyn snapped you fingers and a screen appeared in front of Ashura.
{-7 bronze tickets to get 3 silver ticket
-6 silver tickets to get 2 gold ticket
-5 gold tickets to get 2 platinum ticket
-4 platinum tickets to get 1 diamond ticket
-3 diamond tickets to get 1 legendary ticket
-2 legendary tickets to get 1 mythical ticket
-2 mythical tickets to get 1 divine ticket}
Ashura looked at the list and nodded after reading through it.
"Thanks Cyn."
Ashura thanked Cyn before he got up and headed to the bathroom to wash up. After he finished washing up he made himself breakfast. He ate while watching TV, all the while Cyn was relaxingly floating in the air.
{So what's your plan of action partner?}
"There's nothing I really can do at the moment. I can't exactly train my abilities since training them won't lead to anything. By the way how do I use my abilities."
{You have an ability slot. Place an ability in the slot in order to use it. You will gain an additional slot for each ranked ticket you get for the first time.}
Ashura nodded before he summoned the system screen that showed him his ability slot. Just to be cautious he equipped his material absorption ability. After that was done he finished his breakfast and summoned the bronze ticket he got before he tore it. The wheel appeared and started to spin. After a few moments the wheel stopped.
[Horseshoe Necklace]
|Common Item|
A horseshoe fashioned into a necklace that grants the wearer the stamina and leg strength of a Mustang Horse.
"Not bad."
Ashura decided to test out the necklace in the evening when there were less people around to notice. It would also allow him to avoid any of the main cast. Even though they won't be as active as they were during the anime, he would rather not take any chances. He headed to his studio and continued working on his music. He regularly took breaks while chatting to Cyn, he would even asked for Cyn's opinion while he worked.
"Come to think of it, I haven't recreated the music that Glitch made for murder drones yet."
Ashura thought out loud as he looked at Cyn.
{Was it good?}
"You can decide whether it's good or not after I recreate it."
{Deadpan. Tease}
Ashura just smirked while making a note to later recreate the murder drones music. He continued working until the evening. Ashura left his studio while stretching and went to the kitchen to make himself something to eat. After he finished eating he put on a pair of black baggy pants and a white t-shirt underneath a black hoodie with a pair of running shoes and left to look for a place to test out the horseshoe necklace. It took about an hour before he found a suitable place. It was close to the outskirts of town. Ashura didn't want to train in the outskirts of Kouh mainly because there was a high chance that stray devils could be lurking in the forests that surrounded Kouh. The place he was in was out of sight and the area was big enough for him to test out the necklace.
Ashura summoned the necklace and put it on. He started to do some stretches and once he was done, he got into a running start on the one side of his training area. He took a breathe before he took off into a sprint. It wasn't even ten seconds before he was on the other side of the training area.
"Damn. And I'm pretty sure I haven't even hit my max speed yet."
{Impressive, for running away like a chicken}
"Your face is running away like a chicken."
Ashura said to Cyn with a frown while Cyn just giggled and continued to float around. Ashura got back to testing and started doing laps around the training area in order to get used to his full speed with the necklace. After a few laps he stopped after he was satisfied.
"Mm, I wonder, if this necklace gives me the leg strength of a horse, does that mean my kicks will be as strong as a horses kicks."
{Most likely. A horses kick has enough strength to break bone. Wanna test it out}
Cyn said with a murderous smile.
"I'm not gonna kick some random person just so that I can see if my kicks are strong enough to break someone's ribcage."
{Boring. Then again, I never said it had to someone random. Wink}
"Mm. 'sighs' As much as I want to, I'm not going to go look for some random thug just to kick him in the chest only to later get jumped by his buddies."
{Your Material absorption ability will beg to differ.}
"Still. I think it's best if I keep a low profile. I know I won't be able to hide from the supernatural forever. It's basically impossible with this system but I'd like to stay hidden for as long as possible."
{You just want to be that mysterious character that everyone wants to know about. smugly smirking}
"Bite me."
Ashura said while looking away so that Cyn couldn't see him blushing. After there chat came to an end, Ashura put his necklace back in his inventory and headed home. While walking Ashura decided to test something he had been thinking about. He thought about summoning his necklace but instead of having it appear in his hands he wanted it to appear around his neck underneath his shirt. The experiment was a success as the necklace appeared around his neck underneath his shirt. He thought about the necklace going back in his inventory and a moment later it disappeared back into his inventory.
Once Ashura got home he made himself dinner. After he finished eating he took a shower and then went straight to bed.
[Time skip]
2 weeks passed as Ashura continued his daily life while collecting tickets. For the first week Ashura opened all the tickets he got. The rewards were not all that bad if he was being honest.
[Tactical Trench coat]
|Common Item|
A rather cool-looking, exceptionally durable and tough yet comfortable trench coat. In addition, all pockets on the trench coat are 10x bigger on the inside than they should otherwise be, allowing you to store more things.
[Sex Manipulation]
|Common Ability|
Allows you to alter your genitals to your liking as long as the changes are not absurd. Make your penis large, smaller, curved, horse shaped or just add another penis on top because why not? Get rid of your wiener, give yourself one if you never had one. Go wild, the possibilities are there.
[Cottonmouth]
|Trash Familiar|
A smart cottonmouth snake companion, there is not much else about it, they are at the peak of what a cottonmouth snake could be and are smarter than average but that's about it.
[Perfumer]
|Common Trait|
You smell nice, that's about it, you have no distinct smell, you smell like what the person that's smelling you likes.
[Intermediate Acting]
|Uncommon Skill|
You are a skilled actor, being able to properly portray yourself in the way you want to be seen and concealing your real emotions. But people familiar with you or people who have good intuition like detectives can probably see through your acting.
[Chill]
|Common Ability|
Allows you to create and control ice to a minor degree, not very good for skewering people with icicles but good for conjuring things like ice cubes or ice knives.
[Novice Physics]
|Common Skill|
You have the skills and knowledge of a Physics Major. You have a decent repertoire of knowledge regarding physics and the laws of the universe. You know why and how things fall down, why magnets repel each other and how to build a nuclear bomb.
He named the snake he got Nebi. According to Cyn Nebi was indeed venomous and she was quite smart. She listened to instructions in a similar way a dog would, once trained. The trench coat was cool as hell for Ashura as it came in his favorite color, it being black. The sex manipulation doesn't really need to be explained since, come on, what man wouldn't want this ability. The rest of them spoke for themselves.
Ashura was currently feeding Nebi. He had to do a bit of research to find out what snakes ate. After he fed Nebi he made himself some breakfast and ate while watching some TV, while Nebi slept coiled up beside Ashura. After he finished eating he summoned the system.
{Would you like to combine bronze tickets?}
{yes} {no}
Ashura thought, yes.
{Combining bronze tickets}
{+3 Silver ticket}
{+ Ability slot}
Ashura summoned the silver tickets and took a breathe.
"Gacha gods be with me."
Ashura prayed before he tore the first ticket. The wheel appeared and started to spin. After a few moments the wheel stopped.
[Crescent Rose]
|Uncommon Item|
RWBY - The ungodly mechashift fusion of a massive scythe and a high-caliber sniper rifle. The weapon can be compacted and carried or shifted into several forms for combat, such as a rifle or war scythe. It also comes with a magazine of dust sniper rounds of your choice every 24 hours.
"I feel like your trying to make me into an assassin."
Ashura said as he looked at Cyn who appeared sitting on the living room table.
{I may be the system but I don't control the outcome of your luck. wink}
"Mhm"
Ashura just rolled his eyes before he summoned Crescent rose. The moment it appeared in his hands he nearly fell over due to how heavy it was.
"How a girl Ruby's size could use this thing is beyond me."
Ashura said as he sent crescent rose back into his inventory.
{It seems it is time to get your lazy ass up and start working out. After all, even if you have a nice tool, you don't exactly have the body to fit it. wink. smirk. giggle}
Ashura just looked at Cyn with a deadpan before sighing.
"I can work out and learn how to wield Crescent rose. I also got to learn how to use a sniper rifle. Man I'm going to be busy."
{And you have a powerful host of the Absolute Solver here to help improve your inferior flesh body. smirk}
Ashura just looked at Cyn with a deadpan and decided to look for a gym he can work out in, while at it he also looked for dojos that train people in how to wield a bow staff. Ashura figured if he could learn the basics of how to wield a bow staff he could adapt the basics of the bow staff in a way he could wield crescent rose in it's scythe form. Or he could ask Cyn if she could create a basic fighting style for him. Once everything was prepared Ashura summoned the last two silver tickets and tore one. The wheel appeared and after a moment the wheel stopped.
[Iron Man]
|Uncommon Trait|
You are unusually tolerant, you can sleep under horrible conditions, endure strain far better, and push through wounds and exhaustion more easily. Overall, you are very hardy and enduring.
{Not bad. Now you can endure my torture/training more easily.}
Cyn said with her signature murderous smile.
Ashura: You mean training, not, slash, torture.
{Did I stutter?}
Ashura felt a shiver go down his spine as he looked at Cyn. Ashura shook his head before ripping the last silver ticket. The wheel span and after a moment it came to a stop.
[Carapace]
|Uncommon Ability|
Allows you to grow a tough carapace over your flesh like an armor to bolster your defenses. It's toughness scales with your physical stats.
Ashura just looked at the system screen for a moment before slowly turning to look at Cyn. When he fully turned, Cyn was right in his face staring into his soul with her murderous smile being even wider, if that was even possible.
{Congratulations, you just earned a one way ticket to hell. menacingly giggling}
And so time passed as Ashura and Cyn started working on the most efficient ways to improve his skills. Ashura couldn't find a bow staff dojo so learning to wield the scythe went, like all of Ashura's training, into Cyn's hands. Cyn was unnaturally excited to put Ashura through the ringer and when he asked her why she was so excited she would just say that she would explain it to him eventually. And so the next day hell began for Ashura. First Cyn explained the plan for Ashura's development. They would start with endurance training and then physical training. Ashura actually preferred this, so once he gave the go ahead, the next 3 months were quite possibly the worst 3 months of Ashura's life.
[End]