Interesting 2-set HB7+HB9, strange outcome
So I did a set that I found really interesting. This is gonna be detailed.
Was chilling with Silent, R***, and Z*** at Kush down on Fry Street yesterday night. We blow the first 2-set that sits across from us (they actually move away to another part of the place, lol) although Silent does good with the second 2-set that sits down next to us. We're just having fun while we're waiting for the place to fill up, messing with the waitress and manager, etc. It so happens that I had a deck of cards in my pocket, and we're just goofing around, so I show and teach the guys some of my best magic tricks. Silent is like, holy shit, that's crazy... so why the fuck are you showing us and not them?!?
For some reason I never really thought of using magic in PU, seeing as how I was interested in magic far before I picked this stuff up. It was just kind of a skill that sat in the back of my mind. I'm like, wow, I am a dumbass. Lets do this.
So we look around and spot a great 2-set, a HB7 and a HB9, that just came in. I also see a 4-set with a dude and 3 HB4-5s right next to the 2-set table. The empty seat at their table is closest to my target 2-set, which means my back will be facing the 2set but they'll still be able to see the 4-set's reactions. Perfect. So I go into the 4-set, keeping my back turned on my targets, and I did a pretty good performance of my best sleight. Silent is there DHVing me all the way, saying stuff like "holy shit this stuff is off the wall, you guys are gonna love this"... thanks dude, it all helped. So my pawn 4-set was really into it, I chatted with them for a little bit before excusing myself and standing up. I make like I'm going back to our table, but then look around and "spot" the 2-set. HB9 was going to be my target. I step up to them and, cards in hand, ask, "You guys wanna see something?".
They were already looking at me and both say "yes!!" in unison, very quickly. Awesome. I give a false time constraint (in fact I give several throughout the course of the interaction) and I do a mind-blowing rendition of the same trick. They play along perfectly (the trick itself is pretty absurd, and I've tweaked it so it's more interactive and fun for the participants. Come to think of it it's a really great DHV and an excuse to kino as well.) HB9's eyes get saucer-sized, HB7's jaw drops and she starts handing me a bunch of IOIs. Now usually at this point, people will ask for another trick. They didn't do that, which surprised me. So I just bullshit about some stuff, do the best friends test and 5-questions game on HB7 (I had her yelling "**** is the most awesome guy ever and I love him!" really really loudly because I won the game and that was the reward... it was pretty cool). So it was going well.
And here's my first question. The thing is, I noticed that while HB7 was very warm and responsive, HB9 seemed to have something in her ass. She was cold even as I played perfect Mystery Method A2, negging her subtly and making both her and her friend laugh at her expense, paying more attention to the friend while throwing little pebbles back at her, etc. She was cold in the beginning even as I was doing the trick, and she gave me shitty body language the entire time. Although she was laughing at my negs and pebbles and I had some pretty good playful kino with her, she seemed to be actively blocking me out, almost like she didn't want to be attracted to me. So it turned out that HB7 was really into me while HB9 my target was not! At one point HB9 started fiddling on her phone and told me that she was texting her boyfriend. I didn't react, but after it was over I wondered what I did wrong that I completely reversed who was supposed to be attracted to me! What do you think? Just because she's got the boyfriend, or something else?
Second question. These girls were very, very passive. They didn't ever start a thread on their own about anything. They never asked "so what's your name?" "do you go here?" and other stuff like that, even though HB7 was very, very into me. HB9 was even worse - she only had one-word answers for everything, and when she started laughing at my stuff she stopped quickly, like she was forcing herself to stop or something. It seems to me that I was either stuck at A2 (which is hard with so much DHV) or maybe they saw me as the dancing monkey... Either way, I was forced to keep it flowing, which I did pretty well, but it was annoying all the same. This was like 5-10 minutes in, too...
Final question: Eventually I number-close the HB7. I didn't even bother trying for the HB9. I went back to our table and over the next few hours Silent said that she was looking over the entire time. He suggested that we bounce her but I just wanted to day2 it since the HB9 obstacle would make it tricky. It turned out that Silent was right after all, because today when I texted her it said the number didn't exist!! I tried calling instead and I got the voicemail of what I think was some random family home phone. the fuck?!
My guess is either A. I didn't build enough comfort to get a real number, or B. I was the dancing monkey. I thought I played it fairly well, but apparently not! The fake number bothers me the most.
I smoked too much hookah and I've had a headache the entire day today. But I'm not gonna forget about this until I figure out where I went wrong.
Was chilling with Silent, R***, and Z*** at Kush down on Fry Street yesterday night. We blow the first 2-set that sits across from us (they actually move away to another part of the place, lol) although Silent does good with the second 2-set that sits down next to us. We're just having fun while we're waiting for the place to fill up, messing with the waitress and manager, etc. It so happens that I had a deck of cards in my pocket, and we're just goofing around, so I show and teach the guys some of my best magic tricks. Silent is like, holy shit, that's crazy... so why the fuck are you showing us and not them?!?
For some reason I never really thought of using magic in PU, seeing as how I was interested in magic far before I picked this stuff up. It was just kind of a skill that sat in the back of my mind. I'm like, wow, I am a dumbass. Lets do this.
So we look around and spot a great 2-set, a HB7 and a HB9, that just came in. I also see a 4-set with a dude and 3 HB4-5s right next to the 2-set table. The empty seat at their table is closest to my target 2-set, which means my back will be facing the 2set but they'll still be able to see the 4-set's reactions. Perfect. So I go into the 4-set, keeping my back turned on my targets, and I did a pretty good performance of my best sleight. Silent is there DHVing me all the way, saying stuff like "holy shit this stuff is off the wall, you guys are gonna love this"... thanks dude, it all helped. So my pawn 4-set was really into it, I chatted with them for a little bit before excusing myself and standing up. I make like I'm going back to our table, but then look around and "spot" the 2-set. HB9 was going to be my target. I step up to them and, cards in hand, ask, "You guys wanna see something?".
They were already looking at me and both say "yes!!" in unison, very quickly. Awesome. I give a false time constraint (in fact I give several throughout the course of the interaction) and I do a mind-blowing rendition of the same trick. They play along perfectly (the trick itself is pretty absurd, and I've tweaked it so it's more interactive and fun for the participants. Come to think of it it's a really great DHV and an excuse to kino as well.) HB9's eyes get saucer-sized, HB7's jaw drops and she starts handing me a bunch of IOIs. Now usually at this point, people will ask for another trick. They didn't do that, which surprised me. So I just bullshit about some stuff, do the best friends test and 5-questions game on HB7 (I had her yelling "**** is the most awesome guy ever and I love him!" really really loudly because I won the game and that was the reward... it was pretty cool). So it was going well.
And here's my first question. The thing is, I noticed that while HB7 was very warm and responsive, HB9 seemed to have something in her ass. She was cold even as I played perfect Mystery Method A2, negging her subtly and making both her and her friend laugh at her expense, paying more attention to the friend while throwing little pebbles back at her, etc. She was cold in the beginning even as I was doing the trick, and she gave me shitty body language the entire time. Although she was laughing at my negs and pebbles and I had some pretty good playful kino with her, she seemed to be actively blocking me out, almost like she didn't want to be attracted to me. So it turned out that HB7 was really into me while HB9 my target was not! At one point HB9 started fiddling on her phone and told me that she was texting her boyfriend. I didn't react, but after it was over I wondered what I did wrong that I completely reversed who was supposed to be attracted to me! What do you think? Just because she's got the boyfriend, or something else?
Second question. These girls were very, very passive. They didn't ever start a thread on their own about anything. They never asked "so what's your name?" "do you go here?" and other stuff like that, even though HB7 was very, very into me. HB9 was even worse - she only had one-word answers for everything, and when she started laughing at my stuff she stopped quickly, like she was forcing herself to stop or something. It seems to me that I was either stuck at A2 (which is hard with so much DHV) or maybe they saw me as the dancing monkey... Either way, I was forced to keep it flowing, which I did pretty well, but it was annoying all the same. This was like 5-10 minutes in, too...
Final question: Eventually I number-close the HB7. I didn't even bother trying for the HB9. I went back to our table and over the next few hours Silent said that she was looking over the entire time. He suggested that we bounce her but I just wanted to day2 it since the HB9 obstacle would make it tricky. It turned out that Silent was right after all, because today when I texted her it said the number didn't exist!! I tried calling instead and I got the voicemail of what I think was some random family home phone. the fuck?!
My guess is either A. I didn't build enough comfort to get a real number, or B. I was the dancing monkey. I thought I played it fairly well, but apparently not! The fake number bothers me the most.
I smoked too much hookah and I've had a headache the entire day today. But I'm not gonna forget about this until I figure out where I went wrong.