Just came back from another sarge with 3 other puas (2 are from the community, one is a natural). After some AA and a few drinks to relax (I know, alcohol shouldn't be drunk) one wing opened a set and I joined. The convo went well. I DHVd and I think I have something that works. I still have to field test it more. Anyway, the two girls were french, and I escalated to the point of having my arm around her and getting her close. That's the farthest I got.
I then NEGGED too harshly, by saying "now get away from me". Bad idea. Bad bad idea. She completely didn't take it jokingly, and sat on the other side of the couch (instead of next to me). The set was still fine and friendly, just the attraction got completely blown away.

Second set was a brazilian chick I opened with "Hey, have you seen my friend?"...Worked. I picked up on her accent and ran a DHV. Worked. Teased. Then qualified her and escalated with kino to the point that she was fine with cheeks touching when talking into her ear (it was loud). Also had my hand around her back. I got into A3 by showing her interest, and she took it well.
I realised where I went wrong. Whilst there was some attraction/interest, it could have been more. This girl was the type of girl that just loves to move, but she can't dance. For real. She said she can't dance, and she really couldn't. She looked like a chicken. Anyway, she wouldn't dance with me, even though I tried to pull her in. She didn't really pull away, she just didn't get the cue. She was not sexual at all.
I should have come in with more energy in the beginning. It was fine, but this girl's energy was a little higher, so I should have bumped it up. I think that would have sparked a little more interest on her behalf.

Third set. This was quite funny. I opened this single chick with the same "Have you seen my friend?" opener. She hooked. She was tipsy, but whatever. A HB7.5 - HB8. This was my smoothest set ever. I stayed cool, showed little interest in the beginning. I teased her, ran a DHV, and kino escalated to the point where she was comfortable with hand around shoulders/back and coming in close.
She asked me where I'm from, I played a little push pull, and she was completely into me. FUCK!
Anyway, then she asked me my age. First I teased with "I'm 15, you should see my fake ID, it's great". She laughed, but then asked again. I said 20 (one year older than I actually am). Didn't help. She lost all interest. She was 29. Set gone.

Anyway, all in all I got a LOT further tonight than I thought I would. I hooked all sets, and even got freaking attraction and escalated. Huge boost.

Til next time.