Went for a glass of wine and some food with Peter. Then went to the a bar nearby. One closed mixed set there, we were opened by some HB6.5. Peter got in his storytelling frame and really dumped a load of text on her, ignoring that her friends started eyeing him and her critically. She pulled out, but no problem. No usable sets there.

Next, we went to a rather posh club in a posh quarter. Peter and me smashing some serious Caipirinhas for some very serious prices. The club was rather small, about 100 people total, rather packed in the medium time frame. Hit the dancefloor and I virtually owned the place, it was a rather weak setting, no HB9s or alpha guys. EC with pretty much all desirable HBs there, about 5 total. It got even turbo charged when the waitress helped me carry my next set of drinks from the bar. So I went to the dancefloor with a small coke bottle held effortlessly in one hand on hip level, walking like the chief cheese, and she follows with two Cuba Libres for me and my buddy. Priceless. Still don’t know what made her do that move, but plan to integrate that into game by giving a good tip and asking for it. Mainly used friendly dance move imitation (max 3sec) EC establisher and opened like “howsitgoing”, smiling, walking on. I had game with some alpha female who ruled the dancefloor, a HB7 who was real wild, but I was not into her. However, we danced, had good fun, I got to know her friends and stuff. No other real targets, all HB6 to 7s.
When I wanted to leave, I noticed that my jacket was gone. Didn’t find it, but had some great fun searching: a coked-up blonde HB8 threw heavy IOIs and wanted to help me searching and almost broke her nose when she tried to PUSH open the slider entrance door of the club. LMAO with the bouncers who were like “well that’s just the beginning, keeps getting better later”. Explained the situation to the main barkeeper, scheduled a date when I come around to look whether it was found, and agreed that I get a free shot if it’s gone. High5 and smiling, SP and good vibes.

Next up, a friend texted me that he’s in town, took a taxi and met him. He and his buddy were real tired. We went to a medium seedy alternative intellectual place, it was about 5am and the club was rather drained. Some C&F with the bar personnel on the latest soccer results, some beers for buddies and me. They left shortly after. I danced along, no real targets at the beginning, some HB7s and some other ones, EC couple of them, talked to some, also some HB5 girls, showing fun and enjoying myself. Two hotties, a HB 8.5 and a HB8, appeared on the scene and occupied a pedestal in front of the dancefloor, playing the real posh thing. No virtual pedestal required here :). A guy came along, not bad looking, offering them a fresh Cocktail he had with him, they refused, he placed it on the pedestal, HB8.5 took it, got off the pedestal, placed it on the bar, returned on the pedestal. Damn this guy was literally burned alive. Game was on, finally a target worth fighting for! I pick the situation to open and open HB8.5 with “at least I now know that I don’t have to try it with buying you a drink”, smiling, then turning around. The two lightened up, smiling, I returned to the dancefloor and collected some more SV with the gurlz there.

Shortly afterwards, the lights went on, it was 6am, we were asked to leave. I was looking for a party extension. So I talked to the set besides me, they were like “yeah but we’re tired, we’ll go home”. Next up was target, same story, same answer. I neg and naive pride them with “you’re not looking as old as someone who would chicken out at this time already.” Got them into a short convo, told them I’ll wait outside, and left the club. Outside, I connected with a guy who sat there. The set came out, sat down with us, we were talking, deciding on what to do. HB8.5 besides me, KINOing me. She needed an awful lot of negs. Both International Management chicks. Found out we share the same way home, and agreed to hit a a bar for a coke on the way home.

On the way, we had a nice convo going on. On the way, the set changed their mind and wanted to hit my place instead of a bar. I was a little reluctant, they kept pressing, and as all bars were closed, I finally gave in. We ended up on my couch, having a very strong drink that I mixed for us. She downed it very quickly, so I NC her as “Swallowcow Tina” later. Hard to translate from German – it’s a nickname for someone who drinks very fast, and it’s not too insulting, yet a little. HB8 was between us, I didn’t even try to isolate them or change places, there was no point. So we were just relaxing, I was talking a little too much. When the daylight was on again outside, they went home, we had a very nice goodbye. NC target casually. When I hugged HB8.5, I got (and delivered) that extra titty press “second hug”. We agreed that we will have the next “last drink” at her place and already set a rough time frame.
Well, that’s all… as I have a GF, I will probably dump the number.

Guys, can I have your opinion: when the rest of the set is not interfering and disturbing comfort - would you still try to actively integrate them in the convo? Given a situation when there is no chance of isolating the target and making out at this evening won't happen?

Lessons learned
- Integrate the hired guns more actively – ask for a carry service in a friendly way. Ultra DHV (and convenient, and you get to know the staff) – just tip a little extra before asking
- Use the jacket searching routine even if I spot your jacket right from the start – get to know some people while "searching" it. Everyone has a story of a lost jacket to tell, so just open any interesting set with that. Plus built-in FTC
- Integrate the rest of the set a little better
- Talk less, ask more, even if the convo does not flow easily this way (OK I got carried away with surfing stuff…)
- The diet at the dinner helped a lot to make it through the night on full throttle - fish, crabs, mussles, shrimps, white wine and loads of water and some bread and butter - I was active and awake, not dull like after a McD dinner or a schnitzel with beer.

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