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Girl: :usually giggles: Oh? I don't know what it could be!
Me: Okay, ::extends hand:: I'm Jarett. Nice to meet you.
And from that point the conversation loses traction.
From what you write, it seems like after 'nice to meet you' the pressure to keep the conversation going is entirely on her. She's not hooked yet, so she has no reason to keep it going. The basic principle a good friend taught me is 'lead or leave' - unless you can lead the conversation further, you might as well leave, because she sure as hell is not going to do it for you. Women like being lead, women like being dominated, so that's precisely what you gotta deliver.
[SHB] :usually giggles: Oh? I don't know what it could be!
[Jarett] I have an idea... you look like a good girl, but you have a very mischievious gleam in your eyes. There is a suppresed evil side to you, isn't there?
[SHB] I'm always a good girl!
[Jarett] Is that so? Let's find out.
And go into some bullshit test - number between 1 and 10, q-test, you can even run the cube. Say what you want about IVD's being too popular - there's a reason for that. Namely, they work.
Whatever happens, you're leading the interaction. Hope this helps.