"This is surprisingly wholesome!"

In which the Throbbers interrogate Sissel about her recent exciting sexual encounter. We are sexvestigators and we are here to report the news!

A Grim Anniversary

The Throbbers come to you sadly, Maisie-less-ly, and celebrating roughly a year of covid restrictions. Hooray. We recall one of our last social engagements before the end times, which was Sissel's birthday party.

(Here we have a brief intermission from the sadness while Lucy's demon cat hangs from the blinds.)

Hannah brings us quickly back to why we're here: Recently, Sissel had an interesting sexual experience involving a foursome, and we all want to hear about it.

Is This An Orgy?

To answer this important question, we consult the best authority we could find: Bravo.tv.

(Via Bravo.tv) One of these people was maybe involved in a sex train, idk

This article, which was the first thing Hannah could find after asking Google what the difference is between a foursome and an orgy, actually begins by discussing sex trains.

What the fuck is a sex train, you might be asking. Well, so did we. (It's essentially a gang bang but more whimsical-sounding.)

Next, the article discusses the difference between a threesome and an orgy. According to this Very Reliable Source, an orgy includes more than five people all doing sexual things at the same time. It lists threesomes as a different category of thing and as a common sexual fantasy for couples. (We'll go ahead and apply the same rules to foursomes.)

Kelly asks the obviously pressing question: When you're having sex, do you count as a person? (The answer is yes, unless you want to get really existential.)

What Does Sissel Think About All This?

Sissel agrees with the definition of foursome versus orgy, because she says when she thinks of an orgy, she imagines sexual things going on in different areas of the same location. Orgy is a party vibe. With a foursome, you all stay in the same room.

Sissel, How Did It Go?

Time to dive in to Sissel's actual experience, which we Throbbers are hearing about for the first time.

Sissel's first reaction is to say good experience, ten out of ten. But what are the mechanics? Who was doing what to whom?? We're nosy and we want to know!

It's Not All Fun And Games In A Pandemic

We start by discussing the sexiest topic, safety precautions. Sissel and her partner have done this sort of thing before, but were obviously hesitant for a good long while to have sex with any other people. Her partner suggested they try again recently, but only if they could find people who they could deem "safe."

They used the app Feeld to swipe through potential participants and found a couple whose bio claimed that they were being covid conscious "because of the good, upstanding citizens we are."

Sissel found this adorable, and they set up a socially distanced outdoor campfire meet-up (in the dead of midwestern winter, we should add). They did two of these initial hang-outs to get to know each other, and found out that the female partner in the couple got tested for covid every week as part of a study, and that the male partner was willing to get tested before the four of ...