In private park rituals, Tanguy experiments with exposure, but his colleagues ambush him in an alley, commanding him to tear his briefs and socks, rip buttons from shorts, and clean up the mess barefoot.
Tanguy, a controlled PhD student, meets predatory colleague Jaxon, who forces him to discard his briefs and socks in a campus cafeteria, igniting public humiliation and secret arousal as he throws them away and bikes home commando. This started a play of constant unraveling and forced public embarrassment.