FR: HBCoffeshop

[RockStar]

So I’m a little sick…bit by the flu bug, I didn’t really want to game tonight. Just have some coffee and a little bite to eat. I blew off a girl who wanted to hang with me instead of her boyfriend. I roll in to one of my favorite restaurants and plop down at a booth next to a mixed four set. I get a paper and start eating. Eventually three of the four set leave with only the HB9.5 left. I sitting there thinking, I’m tired, my throat hurts, my energy level is shit but damn how many times do you have this kind of opportunity, so I roll in,

Rockstar: hey let me ask you a question. I just got a text from a girl on valentines that I’m not really that into…how do you think I should respond?
HB9.5: Just text her back happy valentines too.
Rockstar: She said ‘I’m just thinking about you…’ and it’s kind of delicate, we roll in the same circle of friends, and she got lots of connections.
HB9.5: (she perks up a bit) ummm just tell her that’s sweet. She’s on the outer edge of the circle?
Rockstar: No…she’s the queen bee. (I shake my head)
HB9.5: (Flurry of IOIs) why don’t you like her?
Rockstar: she bitches all the time. I mean I thought she was really cool at first but now it just gripe, gripe, gripe.
HB9.5: yeah my BF complains I don’t gripe enough.
Rockstar: why aren’t you with him its valentines?
HB9.5: I’m really pissed off at him.
She spends about 10 minutes qualifying here, telling me about how guys buy her drinks and she’s so funny blah blah blah. I don’t really remember or care what she said. So I’m thinking I can at least LJBF her to raise my social proof at clubs. (I’m working on creating an entourage)

Rockstar: hey I’m meeting someone downtown…what’s your myspace we’ll talk again.
She wrote something down and I didn’t really look at it until just now. Myspace/ email/ phone. Hmmm interesting. I didn’t even think I did that well.

So my question is how toned down can game really get and still be effective?

-Rockstar

[Scoundrel]

I'm really sorry I didn't see this earlier. If you have enough SV & SP you can lay way back. That is my natural game. I really like what you did in this set.