So this is my first post, so I figure you all wouldn't mind a bit of back story.
I consider myself an above average afc. I've had a handful of girls, who i lucked into basically by having a lot of common interests with. But a few weeks ago I really dived head first into this whole PUA thing with the desire to get girls i found more found physically attractive that interesting.

My crowd is mostly college and college-age, so testing out what i'd learned so far would have to take place at a few house parties.

Location 1: House party
Alcohol situation: mostly wine, but a lot of wine.

Coming in, I only expected a large group of close friends, but lo and behold, a pivot of mine brought her HB7 friend with her. I had met her before, and actually liked her personality. However, this was back when I was nothing but a LJBF machine, so I decided to try a different approach.
She was expecting a bit more attention from me when I entered as I was one of the few people she knew at the party, but in my attempt to make her work for it, I stayed a bit distant at first, chatting up my other friends, just throwing her a word or two.
Finally, when I was in a 3 way conversation and she entered, I decided to include her in the conversation. We were talking about body language, so to try to kino from the start, i was "demonstrating" different types of body language on her. Things were going well, and eventually we all went out for a smoke. The IOIs had been coming, and eventually, it was just her and I outside. I was increasing the Kino, but the IOIs seemed to sort of plateau. She was not showing IODs, she was playing along, but we had stopped escalating.
Here, I saw one of my biggest problems: the phase shift. I was stuck, and I let myself realize it. I was running a few different visualization demonstrations that I have, and in retrospect I should have used one for more physical contact. Oh well. Eventually we ended up inside, so I gave us some distance to see if she'd come back....and lo and behold she didn't.
Regardless, I had a good time and decided to make a bit of an early leave. She was clearly sad I was leaving so soon, yet not one to validate, (but instead bait her on) I demanded something arbitrary from her (I think i wanted a free sub from the sandwich shop she worked at). Regardless, I ended up getting her phone number without directly asking for it. Number close? Not bad for the first night sarging.


Location 1: House party (another)
Alcohol situation: beer. hard alcohol.
Music situation: Dismal. Terrible, terrible techno.
Wingman: The Galdj. A Natural.

Wound up in the backyard with the Galdj actually just talking about pickup when a three-set walks in with what I assumed to be an Alpha (I was wrong...soo beta). The girls were an HB7 and an HB6, naturally i wanted the 7. Anyways, the conversation went to hookah smoking, so I used a very weird opener, asking the girls what celebrity they would smoke hookah out of (it doesnt make sense to me either, but they were interested). After that and some other conversation regarding evolution (strange topics, I know. It's a strange crowd), my wing and I had to leave, but the girls needed a ride too. Sure, it's an AFC move, but we drove them home (I couldn't resist a bit more sarg time in the car).
I was getting a good number of IOIs, and I asked a really good game-changing question. "I heard girls from (school they attend) are really judgmental, do you guys agree?" Of course, it was bullshit. I never heard a thing about girls from their school, but women are judgmental, so I went for it.
In the end, we sorta reverse number closed. One of the girls already had mine and the wing's number, so she gave it out to the girls. I'd prefer to get theirs, but I was not willing to ask.
Should i have asked for their numbers? Or is that too AFC?
We dropped them off, and the night was over.

My natural wing's critique of my new-found sarging was this: to him, it seems like i'm trying a bit too hard. I need to find the Pick up tricks that i like, that work for me. Also, (THIS IS THE BEST PART), he gave me mad props on the judgmental question. As lame as it was he said, it was amazing how they were "eating out of your hand." And they were. I forget the pick up term for it....girl crack? Regardless, the "i heard girls from (blank) are judgmental" is definitely one im reusing, whether it be by school, state, or city, or whatever.

All in all, not bad for night one. Here's to a good, Venusian future.