Cosmic Paragon

Simon nodded seriously. He seemed to have finally understood the problem. But just because he now knew the problem didn’t solve the problem. He still had to do that himself.

But Simon had no clue about how to start going about fixing the problem so he asked. "How do I get rid of the refresh?"

"Not all men have this ’Refresh Syndrome’. To those that don’t have it talking to girls comes to them as natural as breathing. As for those that do suffer from this plague, everyone has a way they get rid of it, so methods differ. For some guys they first think up a joke before they begin their attack, then when the girl cracks it relieves the pressure of the refresh state a little. At this point they continue from the already built up momentum. Some guys won’t directly walk up to their target, instead they start by talking to other girls around to gradually wear away at the discomfort, so by the time they walk up to the girl they actually like they are already in what players call the ’Zone’. When a guy is in the ’Zone’ all cool downs are removed for that period of time. Within that duration a guy can do anything and his mood is extremely contagious to all around him. If he’s happy you’ll just notice that everybody around will be happy, it’s like he has a domain around him and his emotions are all area of effect spells. It is very easy for a guy to make almost any girl fall for him even if she isn’t the original target of his advances. As long as she’s within that domain she will be affected.

"Some special True legends have mastered the ’Zone’ to the extent that they can turn it on and off at will. However, the ’Zone’ is extremely elusive so it’s not that easy for anyone to get into the’Zone’. Special conditions must be met to activate it and even with the conditions fulfilled there is no guarantee, so don’t rely on it." Drake warned.

"Another way I know that can be used is to take a Wingman along with you. However, be careful and don’t just take anyone to be your wingman or there might be problems. Alright that’s enough chit-chat for now, get back to it."

Simon immediately got to work. However Drake didn’t really give him any special pickup lines or whatsoever. Instead he let Simon discover and comprehend his own path.

Because of this every time Simon approached a girl, he would come back and try to see what he could have done better, or said better. The problem was that no two girls were exactly the same so there was no guarantee that using the same line twice would work. So Simon had to improvise and think on the fly.

Drake then told Simon something that helped in reducing his nervousness.

"What’s the worst that could happen? Just know that as long as you are not rude she won’t dare raise her hand at you. So just go wild, besides this is just training."

’He’s right! What’s the worst that could happen? At the very most she says no, but so what? There’s lots more fish in the river.’

With these words on his mind Simon finally let loose and the demon inside was slowly starting to rear its head.

"Hey Boss don’t you think other girls would notice that I keep switching from one girl to another?"