Hey! Field report, and a question.

So my friend X has no approach anxiety. Although he's never heard of pickup or studied it, he's got a pretty good natural game which involves complete fearlessness, the ability to start a conversation about anything, and what I can only describe as belligerent push-pull.

Anyway, last night we were at a bar and he (as is his habit) walked up to a table of 4 women (in their 30s - I'm in my 20s) - HB4, HB5, HB6 and HB7 - and pulled up a chair. Like I said, no AA whatsoever, there was no chance in his mind that they would tell him to leave. He immediately fires into a random conversation, and he's got the whole table's attention. They're a bit guarded, but amused and curious as to what this strange guy is talking about. I pulled up a chair on the other side of the table and got talking to HB4 and HB6. Within 10 minutes the energy's up, everyone's talking, I'm starting to get into the flow of it.

Technique 1

I realised X has a great technique of constantly changing the subject and changing who he's talking to - basically he's plate-spinning and keeping everyone at the same energy level, everyone engaged. It's something I'm going to try more in the future.

Technique 2

This whole time X and I are playing off each other, basically shit-testing each other and immediately exaggerating to absurdity. This seems to work better than simple self-deprecation, gets people laughing and very often causes girls to jump to our defence. And now we've got a topic to playfully argue about. I'd love to hear if you guys have ever heard of this technique.

After a short while X disappears to get a smoke (he maintains smoking areas are actually where he gets most of his results) and I'm left with the table of 4. Thankfully at this point I'm in full game mode, and it's no problem. Without giving them a chance for the energy to dip, I continue the plate-spinning, which was really a first for me considering they were total strangers. I ended up getting HB6 and HB7 fighting for my attention, and when it hit a peak I ignored them completely and engaged HB4 and HB5 - boy did they hate that. HB7 moved round to sit next to me, and eventually they're both trying to talk to me, and each has their hand on my knee.

Long story short, HB7 ended up sitting on my knee (read: grinding my lap). By that point she'd made me feel her waist and ass (for flimsy, transparent reasons) and I'm pretty certain an F-close was on the cards, but I had a weird vibe that it was just a bit too easy. I'm a bit drunk, and feel like I deserve it, so I k-close her anyway. Note this was in a seated area of the bar, and we were surrounded by other tables, so it was pretty visible. Soon after, HB4 is kicked out and all the girls leave. Before she left I said "Give me your number", so she handed me her phone, I typed my number in and called myself. When my phone started ringing I picked it up, looked at it with exaggerated confusion and said "Who's that??" to which she replied "That's me!" and I said "Oh, it just says 'Crazy' on here" and laughed.

Technique 3 Another X technique - neg and laugh seems to work a treat.

We kissed goodbye and she left. By this point X is back and standing at the bar getting 4 drinks. I ask who they're for and he points to a table with two girls (HB7 and HB5) who wave at us. He explains he started talking to them because they were laughing at a young guy (me) k-closing an older woman (HB7). At this point I wonder what the hell it's gonna look like if I k-closed someone, wait until they leave, and immediately sit at a table with other girls, but my friend's already sitting. Half a second after sitting at the table and saying hi to the girls, I'm getting shit test after shit test thrown at me: "Where's your pensioner?" and "She could be your gran lol", to which I either shrugged and changed the subject, or amplified ad absurdum:

"She was my gran - we like to keep it in the family."

As it turned out HB7 and I really hit it off, and in fact after speaking to her for an hour she'd gone up to an HB8. But the whole time I knew the k-close issue was still hanging in the air - in fact I really didn't want to even attempt a move on her because I would have felt dirty for even trying. In the end I realised she wouldn't let it go, I lost my frame, got lost in my own head, and left without getting her number, despite a real rapport.

So here's my question, finally: Have any of you guys been in a situation where you've been trying to pick up a girl who's seen you k-close someone else, and how did you get past that?

Also, any constructive criticism about anything I did would be great. If you made it this far, thanks for reading!

TL;DR: Overall good night. I got into alpha frame and k/#-closed an HB7. HB7 left and I followed my wingman to a 2-set with an HB8 I really liked, but who had seen me k-close the HB7. Went home thinking I would rather have #-closed HB8 then k-closed HB7.