Immediately after leaving the station, I realize that I don't have a plan. This makes me feel a bit nervous and I start to wonder if I should just go home. Despite having come to the city so many times for work, it looks and feels so different when I don't have a specific destination in mind.

During my moment of hesitation, an elderly man who was walking by starts talking to me.

"I was nervous when I came to the city for the first time too. Came from the countryside with 20 bucks in my pocket and the clothes on my back" he says while giving me a heavy pat on the back.

"Get some lunch" he suggests, "No good looking for a job on a empty stomach."

"Thanks" I reply with a light chuckle.

Somehow that made me feel a bit better even though this wasn't my first time in the city and I already have a job.

Taking his advice, I go to a cafe to grab lunch. After ordering a sandwich and soda I begin to think about my original problem. What is intimidation and how do you develop a resistance to it?

I suppose intimidation would be when you are scared as a result of your own thoughts or somebody else's actions or appearance. So, that would mean that intimidation resistance would be training yourself to not be afraid as a response. So I guess...

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My thought is interrepted as the waitress comes by with my meal.

After saying thank you, I take a bite and realize that the meat is undercooked. What I should do is call over the waitress and let her know. But, I'm still hesitating because the thought of doing so is making me uncomfortable.

I'm about to just let it go, but my thoughts drift towards my earlier conclusion about intimidation resitance. This uncomfortable feeling is fear but a lighter version of it, which makes this a good random encounter to get some XP and start to develop some resistance.

I call over the waitress and tell her about the undercooked meat.

"Sorry about that hun, I'll grab you another one." she replies, "I'm glad you said something, health department would be on us if someone got sick eating here."

Woah, it turns out I had nothing to be afraid of after all. In this case, fear was my natural response to not understanding that it is normal to do things like this. And, I was able to overcome it by doing what I was afraid of, and coming to an understanding by thinking about the result.

Therefore, I can confront fears that are completely from my own thoughts this way.

*Level Up : Know Thyself -> lv.2*

*Skill Unlocked : Intimidation Resistance lv.1*

Now I know what to do with the rest of the day. I'm going to seek more random encounters to build my new skill.

Me

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Skills:

Computer literacy lv.5

Conviction lv.2

Know Thyself lv.2

Intimidation Resistance lv.1

Titles:

Bachelors Degree Holder : Computer Science