@Darth Vader, you're a LITTLE bit misguided. You're not incorrect, but you're not correct either. The thing with direct game, is you are usually not gonna be "direct" the whole time. When I open with that line, my second message almost always has some kind of tease in it. And the thing is, even the opener isn't completely direct, cuz I'm pulling it back by saying I hope shes not a psycho. The responses that I usually get with that opener are something like "hahahah No! I'm not a psycho, I promise"
Anytime you go direct, you can always pull it back with a tease, so the whole mentality of thinking your giving all your value away or the girl has the upper hand is kind of misguided. The whole mentality should be "I'm a little intrigued, but I'm not completely sold yet."
BUT with that said, I'm trying your opener as well, because indirect game definitely has its place in my heart as well....I got some responses and I just sent the 2nd message, we'll see what happens

different girls call for different approaches. I get what you're saying. Remember this is just to trigger a response from her. Where you take your game is up to you.