“We went to a Goon Machine Party last night,” Lee said.

Nick had heard of Goon Machine Parties before — as a pledge, a number of fraternities were rumored to use them as means of initiation, but as far as he had been able to tell, none of the chapters at State University actually did so. He’d seen many more references in chat rooms online, and a few Torrent files purporting to show what went on there, which he had never been able to fully download before the seeds disappeared. The whole thing sounded pretty strange — like it produced some kind of intense high for guys, and apparently involved super intense orgasms.

“So what the fuck is a Goon Machine Party?” Danny asked. “What happened?” Nick added.

Lee and Brian again exchanged meaningful glances. Any remnants of sleep were gone — both were now wide awake and seemed fully alert and charged. Which included, Nick couldn’t help but notice, the tent in Lee’s boxers, which he had yet to make any further effort to hide. “It’s, uh, hard to explain if you don’t experience it yourself,” Brian finally started. “I got an invite from a guy I know… online,” Lee continued. “I’d heard it was like a rave, sort of. I would’ve invited all of you guys, but they only gave me two tickets. So Brian and I went to check it out.”

“It was over at The Pit,” Brian continued. “A lot of dudes were there, and it ended up going pretty much until dawn.” He paused, glancing up at Lee. “It was fucking amazing, man.”

Danny nodded his head. “So what happened?”

Brian and Lee exchanged another glance, apparently reaching silent agreement to go for whatever it was that they were holding back on.

“I think it’d be easier to show you,” Lee finally said, moving towards his computer. At the same time, Brian stood from his seat on the floor. He left his sheet behind, it becoming apparent that he too was naked, his cock waving shamelessly in front of him as he reached past Nick and Danny, shutting the door to his room and switch the lights off again. He moved to take one of the seats in front of the computer, which Lee had awoken and was now in the process of closing what looked to be about twenty porn browser tabs. Looking over his shoulder, Lee nodded at the bed behind the two seats. “Hit the lights and have a seat, guys. I swear, you won’t believe this until you see it yourself.”

Nick wasn’t entirely sure why he wasn’t more alarmed by his friends’ apparently casual nudity, and the strange situation he and Danny had found them in this morning. But more than anything he felt a curiosity to learn more. He sat down near the head of the bed, behind Lee’s chair. Danny sat down beside him behind Brian.