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Matthew is a white, cis man with square glasses and salt-and-pepper short hair.

Holding up and old school lock and skeleton key, Matt greets us with a "Friends, a while back I participated in LOCKTOBER -for comics! October is the month of choice for communities looking to share in a very specific activity."

A giant October calendar fills the background for three pink-ish stick figure-y type characters. One wears a black beret and has their paintbrush ready in one hand, while the other holds a paint palette. The next one types away with wild abandon on their laptop. Finally we land on the third figure, a little person with a GIANT smile who is standing proudly with legs spread in a power stance and showing off the giant old-fashioned lock over their groin-area.

The narration explains, "Artists take part in Inktober by INKing a daily drawing, writers produce SPECulative fiction for every day of Spectober, and for those into Chastity Play? They LOCK UP their junk in an apparatus for the entire month of Loctober!"



A little figure stands with their arms raised as if in surrender. They are sweating in anxiety and smiling in anticipation. A giant red X obscures their lower-region.

Narration: Chastity devices are toys for people who get off on... not being able to get off. The 'play' is all about tease and denial, walking an edge of wanting something while not getting it and relishing in that experience.

Narration: People wear these devices for all kinds of reasons!

An enormous beam balance scale has a little figure in each of its two suspended weighing dishes. In the lower dish sits a little guy holding a giant lock almost as big as them. They are sweating nervously and also biting their lip and looking with yearning at the figure in the other, higher, weighing dish. The person in the higher dish looks down on the lower one smugly as they hold aloft an enormous old fashioned key. They also sport an elaborate bondage harness.

Narration: They work great when used in tandem to other kinds of BDSM play. It can be a cherry on top of any power imbalance or control-focused kink. Do you like getting dominated and forced to obey somebody else's commands? Well, how much more intense would it be if your Dom had the ability to determine whether you could even pop a boner?





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Image: A little guy stands proudly in front of their floor-length mirror. In the reflection, a giant crotch-covering lock appears, even though there is none in real life.

Narration: Some use them as a way to adjust their bodies, giving a person control over their genitals.

Image: An hourglass shows sand falling from the top to the bottom chamber.

Narration: Others just want to heighten their future sexy times. By locking up their junk, making that NEXT time extra sweet. Similarly, some people wear them to extend their sexy times.

Image: A giant face bites its lip in excited anticipation while hearts and electricity bolts radiate around their head.

Narration: And then there are the masochists out there who just feel good from some good ol' fashioned self-denial.

Narration: There's also a fun social aspect to Chastity Play, with websites that let you add or subtract time to how long someone's cage stays on.

Image: An icon of a stopwatch timer sits between two buttons, one labeled "-1 DAY" and the other labeled "+1 DAY". A computer cursor arrow is positioned over the latter button, ready to click.

Narration: Personally, I was just excited to try something NEW. Chastity Cages keep cropping up in my erotic media and just seem fun. When I set out to do a comic on this, I reached out to Stockroom- The Kink Fairy Godmother I don't deserve- and they sent e back this:

Title: Birdlocked Silicone Neo Chastity Device
-$159
-Air holes
-One size fits all
-Rust proof
-Silicone

The illustration shows a clear squiggly device with a bulbous nub designed to hold the penis. There is an air hole on the side and a slit at the top. It connects to something that resembles several thick coils that will encircle the penis-groin connect point, with a gap left from which the scrotum will hang from. A miniature lock dangles two small keys next to it.

Narration: I was attracted to it because of the flexible silicone aspect, it sounded kinder and easier to wear. And if I was to wear on of these puppies, I wanted it to be comfortable.

Erika leans in to the scene with a mischievous look on her face. She is a white cis woman in her thirties with very short brown hair and wears a pink hoody. "Soooo... Go on then. Tell them all how long YOU lasted locked up!" She teases Matthew.

"...sigh." Sighs Matt begrudgingly. "Only a couple of hours. But LISTEN! It needs context. This was way new to me, and I ran into ISSUES."






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A hand holds the cage so the bulbous end points downwards while the other and tries to jam a flaccid penis into it.

Narration: The silicone of the Birdlocked is grippy. Getting my tool into the device took real effort! I was pushing and pulling my willy into uncomfortable positions, all the while my skin would grip and drag across the surface material. Even with a water-based lube, I struggled to get all my skin to sit well inside of it. After about an hour of uncomfortable wear, I took it off to find some epic bruises. Each attempt to use it left me willy-wounded.

Image: A different clear cock cage. It has a similar bulbous nob for the penis and then a rotating blocky attachment over the base of the shaft, which connects to a kind of hoop that will synch the device in place to the body when the balls are pulled through the opening.
Title: Fyjennicc V3 Resin Chastity Device, $20

Narration: Next up, I picked up a well-reviewed cheap-o plastic cage from Amazon. I figured a harder material wouldn't drag on my sensitive skin. This cage wasn't a one-size-fits-all but came with multiple parts so I could use what fit best. Straight away I could tell this would work better for me.

Now the cock cage is shown with it on a penis, and the scrotum dangling majestically out of the ring opening. "Tada!" it says.

Narration: Getting it on was a silicone-lubey-messy affair, but this time it didn't hurt!

Matt stands fully clothed, both presenting his crotch area and also looking sheepish. There is a giant icon of a circle with a diagonal line through it to donate OFF LIMITS on his junk. He says, "In fact, once my working-it-in chub had settled, it was pretty darn comfortable! It felt hidden and constrictive and completely stopped me from being able to interact with my cock which was... well, really exciting. Knowing I couldn't get off while under lock'n'key was a thrill. I'd forget about it and then it would subtly remind me of its presence and reignite my excitement.






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Looking surprised, Erika asks, "Wait, so you DID manage to wear one for more than a few hours then? How did I miss that?"

Nervously pleased, Matt answers, "Ah, well... I still took it off after an afternoon. But I'll try again I think!"

Scheming devilishly, Erika says more to herself than anyone else, "Yessss, and this time I'll be the KEYMASTER. heh heh!" as she fantasizes of herself standing and flexing confidently while holding an Erika-sized old-fashioned key in her free hand.


Narration: TMI time, but the reason I bailed on a longer wear was for a couple quality of life issues.

Image: The cock cage is shown on an uncircumcised penis with the tip of the foreskin protruding through the cage's head slit like a weird nose. It says, "Peek-a-boo!"

Narration: My foreskin kept creepin' out of the cage's tiny front hole and then would catch on the sharp edges of that hole. Not a fun sensation. Plus after a while it all starts to feel 'wet', I think there needs to be more 'breathing holes'. Then there's peeing and exercising. I haven't figured those out yet... Peein' with a foreskin inside a cage isn't... great. And exercising just hurts!

Narration: Even then it takes the right mindset to want to wear one for a period of time. You become very conscious of your junk while wearing a cage. Know what you're NOT able to do while wearing it just makes you all the more horny to take it off!

Recreating the iconic scene from the movie Free Willy, Matt stands on a rock formation with ocean water on either side. He raises one arm up, trying to touch the underside of the whale-sized penis leaping over him. "I'm happy to have tried two cages out." Matt says. "It's been an adventure exploring this space. Turns out, my willy just wants to be free."





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An assortment of cocks locked up in different kinds of chastity cages float around the narration. Two of the cages encase the flaccid penis in crossbars, while the third one looks like a panther's head with the cock head emerging from its mouth.

Narration: I'm not sure when I'll be diving back into Chastity Play. But when I do, I think I'll pick up a metal cage next. Something that'll do the job of preventing boners, but will leave lots more open space for my foreskin, 'breathing', and wiping up after a pee. But I think that's the lesson here: finding the right cage for YOU, takes time and several perchases. Start out cheap and dial into what works for you before dropping the big bucks.

Matt stands, looking devilishly at an icon of a stopwatch with two notes floating on either side of it. One note reads "+1 DAY" and the other "-1 DAY".

"At the very least, it's been fun visiting other kinksters' chastity-timer-sites and cheekily adding or removing time to their self-imposed imprisonment." Matt muses to the stopwatch. "This experimental time has given me a whole new level of respect for this kink and lifestyle."

Getting out his cellphone, he adds with a sly look, "I'm seriously impressed with any of you who can wear a device for more than an afternoon. Aaaaand as a way of showing my respect..." He cheekily taps his phone, which illicits a "+3 DAYS" notification. "...here's a few more days in lockup!"
Transcribed October 1, 2024 by Erika Moen