Sortie nineteen
Code:
Objectives: be open to possibilities
Plan of action: chill at highly frequented walkway at lake
Exfil: meet friend
Approaches: 1
Overall ADC: 21-10-0 (approach-details-close)
Result: Mini-interaction and IG from teen in revealing top
Happening right now: A reset in the Matrix. Déjà vu. Combination of two girls matching those of sortie six, after passing me, spontaneously decides to sit down exactly at same distance as those back then:
Two other girls sit down nearby. Wonder if seeking my attention, but on none of my checks I find them looking.
Both very young, one cutely slim, the other maybe a year older, carrying herself a bit more securely. Love the petite one. This time, make sure to look over conspicuously right as they sit down. After a minute they get up, pass me, talking among themselves about going to other spot even though they don’t like the fact that there will be more people. Petite openly returns my smile. Beautiful. Later notice they’re actually still in sight, taking pictures of each other some 90 paces out. First tell myself how it makes no sense to go over. Minutes later notice bench next to them now vacant. Consider getting takeaway-beer at the bar next to them as excuse to end up there … but buying the beer would take time and I let so much of it pass already. They might as well be gone once I arrive. Take a moment to look inside, listen to my instincts. Tell me to at least try and let fate decide if they’re still there when I’m ready.
Have my beer. Walk to vacant bench and set it down there as if to get my hands free. Look around and check my phone as if I considering where to go next. Finally open as I sit down: "Oh! So managed to find a spot with less people?" I’m directed at the more mature one, even though I’d actually like to talk to the petite. Answers kindly. Something among:
"Well, not less people, but it’s okay here." Focus back on my phone. Instinct tells me I have like two seconds max to reinitiate … "So did you manage to take good photos?"
"Yeah, they turned out very well!" Make some fun of her confidence, then: "[hope you get] a lot of likes!" as they leave.
Friends join me and the next hours I repent missing out on the beautiful girls passing by. Remember there are only two weeks left for this game. One blonde wears a particular revealing black top. It covers upper arms and half of the back, but on the chest it’s like a bikini. Sexy as hell … Seeing all these girls, contemplate how I would perfect my game if it was Groundhog Day.
Seed to my friends the concept of me liking to be on my own in order to handle girls better. Want to make sure that it’s not about me not enjoying to spend time with them.
It’s already night when my friends have left. Notice that blonde and her friend pass again. Follow. As I pass, they briefly encounter two boys. Boys say they want to be spending time without them. Few seconds after, girls alone again, turn around and remark: "Uh that’s tough - them just leaving you alone."
"Yeah.", laughs hesitantly. ", that was some statement right there." Laugh openly:
"They’re our siblings." "Oh, they’re your brothers?"
"Yeah." Fluff talk: Where they are from, how they know each other, how long they’re here for. They remark how town is calm and they have little expectations for tonight. "So what are you looking for … looking to get to know some guys?"
"She is, I’m not.", the friend states about the blonde. "Ah. So you have a boyfriend."
"Yes". Want to state my interest to the blonde: "Oh, I think I noticed you earlier over there."
"Oh yeah, we were there in the afternoon!" "I remember. Your outfit, remarkable." Brightens up:
"Thank you!" "… the entire combination!" A little later ask to be in touch. Only wants to give her Instagram. Offer to take her WhatsApp. Says she isn’t very available there. Put my phone away. Say: "Well, just tell me your Insta. It’s probably not hard to memorize." Turns out it is. A minute later at a slightly higher point in the conversation I ask her to spell her last name as I punch it into my phone. Positive sign as she adds:
"… and note that the first name is with two A’s" They still seem a bit lost as to what to do with the night. On other hand, don’t feel they’d want to spend it with me. Wish them a great one. Blonde seems a bit overwhelmed at cheek kiss. Friend is cooler about it.
Remembering how I had planned to send my icebreakers earlier (Intel, Sortie twelve), make sure to craft a particularly kind one:
Code:
22:52 Nice short chat! Keep my fingers crossed for you to
have an astounding evening ... and in case it doesn't
work out ... there's still some others this summer :) / X
Think I should have included the friend. Know the delay is bad, but as I get out of my car I add:
Code:
23:15 .. and of course give my regards to >friend<!
14:55 L: thanks a lot
Intel
- Will try to direct myself at the girl I desire. They tend to be the timid ones and I’m pretty sure few people ever focus on those first. The petite’s part in the interaction felt like a repetition of sortie twelve where the WOW-girl was rather acting her role as a prop to the main girl.
- Patterns emerge as interactions develop similarly. That means I can look for more specific ideas on how to handle certain moments. It’s a bit creepy as it summons the idea of people as mere NPC’s, but it’s also reassuring. It confirms I can actually have my Groundhog Days to learn and up my chances.
- Notice how well calibrated I am after all these years, borderline clairvoyant sometimes. The other day I mentioned to tiny-frame that, in our first encounter, it had felt as if her friend - who was basically just sitting there, observing - was lesbian and interested in her, right from the moment I entered the set. "Uh? Actually that night she told me that she thought she might be …" Now it’s about determining the course as opposed to accepting the circumstances that feel like facts. Surely they aren’t set in stone. Like with the bikini-top blonde, I need to find a way to hook and make something great of it.
- Both, rejection as well as auto-rejection are possible reasons for today’s approaches ending without anything specific.
- When cute sets bail, likely due to the age gap, it sometimes feels as if they just assumed I couldn’t relate to them - as if different age meant different species. Maybe I can deep dive into their world and establish enough relatability for further sets. Tiny-frame may be of help too. She works with many young interns.
- Less common, but recently I consider them actually auto-rejecting. They may think: "He’s just being social. No way he’s looking to take things somewhere with youngsters like us." To preempt this case, I’ll ensure to communicate stories of me getting together with girls just like them.
- Will outline some of those patterns to the forum and ask for hints.
- Will return to going out with clear intention as opposed to only "being open to possibilities".