Anna sat there eating food with the others, seeing them gorging like starving men digging into a cheeseburger. Anna was lost to her thoughts, reading her new skill in her mind.
[Skill Intimidating caretaker:
Congratulations, you seem to terrify those you have decided to maintain the health of. Now you can break down the will of those who go against your help by making them instinctively scared of your anger. Even though you're a big softie and don't like hurting others of your race, you somehow got a skill that will make them scared of you. You unlocked this skill by glaring at those under your perceived care when they were being what you believe to be idiotic. Keep it up and terrify more of your patients.]
[Intimidating Caretaker Level 1:
Your anger knows no bounds regarding your protective nature of those you decide are your own. You can now bend the will of those around you who are under your care to reduce the likelihood of having to deal with what is most likely their stupidity. Your glare and outstanding will bend those under your care to recoil and be reluctant to anger you—good job at getting a skill that will emotionally manipulate others.]
[Intimidating Caretaker Level 5 upgrade:
Your skill seems unique. When you upgrade it, you can release an aura that will make everyone around you less willing to anger you. Be it man or monster, they will fear your anger. Not that you will genuinely act on your anger. This is the most posing a skill can get, it seems.]
"I'm uncomfortable saying this, but I got another skill and I feel all of you deserve to know about it." (Anna)
Emotionally manipulate others if they don't know about it then fuck that she refuses to do it without the knowledge of those in her group. At level five, having it affect others and enemies will be fine because it will simplify things. Those people and creatures don't need to know about her ability to manipulate their emotions, but she doesn't want to do it without the knowledge of her allies.
"What got a new ridiculous skill like cooking?" (Kyle)
Kyle was eating with a full mouth, and Anna resisted the urge to glare but failed.
"Swallow first, then talk, and no, not something like that." (Kyle)
His body seemed to tremble from her glare, and he swallowed his food and nodded, wiping his face.
"So what is the skill?" (Kyle)
"Any time I glare at those I perceive under my care. This means that all of you will be forced not to go against me to avoid having me be angry. This is a problem because I glare when angry, and I don't know if it will affect you if I'm looking at you." (Anna)
"Wait, what is the skill called?" (Mark)
"Intimidating Caretaker." (Anna)
Kyle snorted, making Anna quirk her eyebrow and rolling her eyes.
"From the sounds of it, it's almost like emotional manipulation." (Justin)
"It says that for part of its description. That part says congratulations on getting a skill that will emotionally manipulate others. It also pretty much called me a big softie and a Poser." (Anna)
"You know that sounds snarky but not in a nice way." (Mark)
"Oh, it's not if it were nice it wouldn't say half of what it does." (Anna)
"What does that mean?" (Justin)
With that, Anna read off her notification word for word.
"Oh, is it like that for all of your skills?"
"It was pretty much like that for my skill, it called me a prankster though, I take no offense, it is a fact for me." (Kyle)
"I have to agree with that, but did it pretty much do that for all your skills?" (Justin)
"Yeah? My first skill called me a psycho artist with no talent for the craft. Second skill called me a messy butcher that would make a better mad scientist than a talented surgeon." (Anna)
"Yeah, that doesn't sound nice." (Justin)
"Thats not why I told you any of this, so are you okay with the fact that my ability forcibly alters your emotions and reactions?" (Anna)
"It is a little concerning." (Mark)
"Honestly, I don't think you would use it against us to cause harm. The skill is called Intimidating Caretaker, and it does say that it only affects those you call your own. Besides, when it reaches level five, you can use it against enemies to make them less likely to attack us, which will be handy. So I'm not worried about it." (Justin)
"I trust you, besides, I've been scared of making you angry since the spider incident." (Greyson)
"Thank you?" (Anna)
With that, she returned to eating part of her stress, leaving her body knowing they won't hold her new skill against her.